Magento remove Paypal logo or other things from static page

A basic Magento template comes with default blocks you probably do not want. For my project at http://www.paardcare.nl (an equestrian horseriding e-commerce website) I had to remove all standard blocks.

To remove the Paypal logo from a static page (hompage) no programming is required. Simply login the admin panel and browse to:

CMS > Static Pages > Home Page > Design

In the layout update XML just paste within <reference> tags:
<reference name="left">
    <remove name="paypal.partner.right.logo"/>
</reference>

This trick works for the following as well:

• Popular Tags block
• Sidebar Cart block
• Sidebar Compare block
• Viewed Products block

Remove the blocks by putting them within the <reference> tag like:

<reference name="left">
    <remove name="paypal.partner.right.logo"/>
    <remove name="tags_popular"></remove>
    <remove name="cart_sidebar"></remove>
    <remove name="catalog.compare.sidebar"></remove>
    <remove name="right.reports.product.viewed"></remove>
    <remove name="sale.reorder.sidebar"></remove>
</reference>