How to remove menu items from WordPress dashboard

WordPressMenuRemover.php

<?php

/**
 * Just include this code snippet somewhere inside the functions.php file of your theme.
 * Originally posted by hungred @ hungred.com/how-to/remove-wordpress-admin-menu-affecting-wordpress-core-system/
 * Thanks for that. Give credit where credit is due.
 **/

function remove_menus () {
global $menu;
	$restricted = array(__('Dashboard'), __('Posts'), __('Media'), __('Links'), __('Pages'), __('Appearance'), __('Tools'), __('Users'), __('Settings'), __('Comments'), __('Plugins'));
	end ($menu);
	while (prev($menu)){
		$value = explode(' ',$menu[key($menu)][0]);
		if(in_array($value[0] != NULL?$value[0]:"" , $restricted)){unset($menu[key($menu)]);}
	}
}
add_action('admin_menu', 'remove_menus');

?>