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No. Those are previous owners' hacks. That's why it is recommended that that new-to-you vehicles undergo an bumper to bumper inspection to identify crappy work like that.
Before yanking off the wires, identify and trace where the wires go and deduce perhaps why it is so. Be systematic about it.
EDIT: Disconnect the negative battery cable from the battery before playing around with the fuse box.
and i thought i did some crappy things to old trucks. but 5 wires thats a new one. listen to hio do some hack patrol and remove what you can. wow man just wow.
Best advice is to look over the factory wiring harness to see where all the taps are for your various accessories. And use those as much as possible to be protected by those fuses.
I went so far as to take several circuits and used a terminal block and ring terminals. Now when I want to add something fun, wires to ring terminals on terminal block and then to my fun new thing.
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