remove
<referenceBlock name=”customer-account-navigation-account-link” remove=”true”/>
  
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top nav
<referenceBlock name="top.search" remove="true"/>
  
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remove - page_wrapper
<referenceContainer name="header.container">
           <referenceBlock name="top.search" remove="true"/>
           <referenceBlock name="header.panel.wrapper" remove="true" />
</referenceContainer>

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Breadcrumbs
Navigate to System > Configuration > Web > Default Pages
choose Yes to get Breadcrumbs enabled
<remove name="breadcrumbs" />
  

footer
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<referenceBlock name="footer_links" remove="true"/>
<referenceContainer name="footer" remove="true" />
<referenceContainer name="form.subscribe" remove="true" />  NewsLatter
<referenceContainer name="copyright" remove="true" />
  

minicart
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<referenceBlock name="minicart" remove="true"/>
  
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Syntax for remove xml block

<referenceBlock name="block_name" remove="true"/>