Clearing up ipod space

i recently switched computers and transfered my itunes library by putting it on my ipod in a condensed form. now i cant figure out how to erase the consolidated data and it's taking up a lot of space. what should i do?
macbook pro   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

I just want to make sure I have understood what you want to do. You wish to erase the iPod of the data that you have transferred to the new system? If this is correct, all you need to do is restore the iPod which will take it back to factory settings including removing all music, etc. iTunes on the new computer should simply re-sync everything back, once the restore is complete. Hope this helps.

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