Correctly using wp_head()

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I’m working on my first theme, and I found out that I had to call wp_header() before </head>.

My header.php file has this:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title><?php bloginfo('name'); ?> | <?php the_title(); ?></title>
        <meta content='text/html;charset=utf-8' http-equiv='Content-Type'>
        <meta content='utf-8' http-equiv='encoding'>
        <meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width'>
        <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?>'>
        <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/side-nav.css'>
        <?php wp_head(); ?>
    </head>

However, since I started calling this method my header now has some extra fluff that’s messing up my layout. 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Faux Pas Improv Comedy | Hello world!</title>
        <meta content='text/html;charset=utf-8' http-equiv='Content-Type'>
        <meta content='utf-8' http-equiv='encoding'>
        <meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width'>
        <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='http://localhost/htdocs/wp-content/themes/super-plain/style.css'>
        <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='http://localhost/htdocs/wp-content/themes/super-plain/side-nav.css'>
        <link rel='stylesheet' id='open-sans-css'  href='//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans%3A300italic%2C400italic%2C600italic%2C300%2C400%2C600&subset=latin%2Clatin-ext&ver=3.8.1' type='text/css' media='all' />
        <link rel='stylesheet' id='dashicons-css'  href='http://localhost/htdocs/wp-includes/css/dashicons.min.css?ver=3.8.1' type='text/css' media='all' />
        <link rel='stylesheet' id='admin-bar-css'  href='http://localhost/htdocs/wp-includes/css/admin-bar.min.css?ver=3.8.1' type='text/css' media='all' />
        <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="http://localhost/htdocs/xmlrpc.php?rsd" />
        <link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="http://localhost/htdocs/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" /> 
        <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 3.8.1" />
        <style type="text/css" media="print">#wpadminbar { display:none; }</style>
        <style type="text/css" media="screen">
    html { margin-top: 32px !important; }
    * html body { margin-top: 32px !important; }
    @media screen and ( max-width: 782px ) {
        html { margin-top: 46px !important; }
        * html body { margin-top: 46px !important; }
    }
</style>
    </head>

My question is, how do I remove the extra stuff from being added by wp_header that I don’t need; and what can I absolutely not remove from wp_header?

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  1. That “extra stuff” is for the Admin Bar. If it’s messing up your layout, then you should correct the layout so that it doesn’t mess it up.

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