[SOLVED]Best/cleanest way to use pacman -R

After reading the manual I have came up with my idea of best way to use pacman -R command, please tell me what you think, is there a better/cleaner way to remove packages I don't want anymore, a safer way?
sudo pacman -Rnsu [target]
So I don't want backups saved, so I have -n there.
I don't want all the dependencies installed with the package (I think.....) so I have -s there.
And I don't want unneeded packages so I have -u there.
Is this all safe and clean? Thanks guys!
P.S. I'm removing vim or trying to right now, I forgot about sublime text and how fun it was back when I used to use it. Thanks!
Last edited by rexineffect (2014-02-18 07:49:37)

rexineffect wrote:orschiro i dont know what you ment tho...
Maybe he meant pkg-list_true_orphans http://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/pkg_scripts/
rexineffect wrote:Edit is there a way I can flag this as solved?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130309

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