Clearing all songs/data from Ipod

Hello
Is there an easy way to clear an Ipod Nano so that is has nothing on it - I bought one off of Craigs list that I want to give to someone but it still has some songs on there from the previous person. Is there a way to just 'clear' everything off so that it's like when you buy it brand new and there is nothing on there? I would appreciate any insight on how to do this. Thank you.

Hello EDDG,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
Restore the iPod through iTunes. This will erase all the content from the iPod and set it back to its original default settings.
Here are the steps on how to perform a restore if need be.
[Restoring iPod to factory settings|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1339]
B-rock

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