Magento – how to remove text “items” from top links wishlist magento 2

First, an overview of how wishlists work:

1. Each wishlist is stored in the database with its own ID
2. Each product added to a wishlist is assigned a wishlist_item_id
3. This ID is not the same as the product_id

For this reason you can't just pass in a product ID to the remove URL because it's actually referencing the product's wishlist_item_id.

This explains why you are getting a blank url ("/wishlist/index/remove"), because when you pass in the product it doesn't have the required wishlist_item_id, you have to retrieve this in a different way.

To get around this, there is a method in Mage_Wishlist_Model_Item you can use to get a wishlist item by product ID:

    /** @var $_wishlistHelper Mage_Wishlist_Helper_Data */
    $_wishlistHelper = $this->helper('wishlist');

    /** @var $_wishlist Mage_Wishlist_Model_Wishlist */
    $_wishlist = $_wishlistHelper->getWishlist();

    /** @var $_wishlistItem Mage_Wishlist_Model_Item */
    $_wishlistItem = Mage::getModel('wishlist/item');
    $_wishlistItem->loadByProductWishlist(
        $_wishlist->getId(),
        $_product->getId(),
        $this->helper('core')->getStoreId()
    );

    $_wishlistRemoveUrl = $_wishlistHelper->getRemoveUrl($_wishlistItem);

Or the shorter way:

    $_wishlistItem = Mage::getModel('wishlist/item')->loadByProductWishlist(
        $this->helper('wishlist')->getWishlist()->getId(),
        $_product->getId(),
        $_product->getStoreId()
    );
    $_wishlistRemoveUrl = $this->helper('wishlist')->getRemoveUrl($_wishlistItem);

This code has been tested in blocks of type Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_List and Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_View

As mentioned before you can edit your local.xml file. It should be in your theme folder e.g.: app/design/frontend/yourpackage/yourversion/layout/local.xml If it´s not there you can create it. It`s a very good way to edit the layout xml for a theme.

Remove "My Account" for the default handle

<default>
    <reference name="top.links">
        <action method="removeLinkByUrl">
            <url helper="customer/getAccountUrl"/>
        </action>
    </reference>
 </default>

Add "Register" for the logged out handle

<customer_logged_out>
    <reference name="top.links">
        <action method="addLink" translate="label title">
            <label>Register</label>
            <url helper="customer/getLogInUrl"/>
            <prepare/>
            <urlParams/>
        </action>
    </reference>
</customer_logged_out>

Add "My Account" for the logged in handle

<customer_logged_in>
    <reference name="top.links">
        <action method="addLink" translate="label title">
            <label>Your Account</label>
            <url helper="customer/getAccountUrl" />
            <prepare/>
            <urlParams/>
            <liParams>
                <id>header-account-link</id>
            </liParams>
            <aParams/>
            <beforeText/>
            <afterText/>                 
        </action>
    </reference>
</customer_logged_in>

In app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/customer.xml you can find the possible handles and url helper etc.