Deauthorising my ipod mini from computers i no longer own

I have an old ipod mini (the first one that came out) that i want to sell on ebay, the problem is that it is already up to 4/5 authorised computers. Some of the computers are old work ones that i dont have anymore, is there anyway to deauthorise them? will returning it to factory settings help?

Hello Katie,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
First of all, there is NO limit to the number of iPods you can have synced with one computer, iTunes library, or iTunes account.
The authorization messages you are seeing are referring to the number of computers you have authorized to play your purchased iTunes content. And as you could see there is a limit of 5.
If you no longer have access to some of your authorized computers you will not be able to deauthorize them. If you end up running out of authorizations, you could always use the *Deauthorize All* option as described in this Apple support, which also provides much more information and details regarding iTunes authorization and deauthorization.
[About iTunes Store authorization and deauthorization|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420]
As to restoring the iPod to factory settings, you should do so anyways, although it has no effect on the number of computers you have authorized.
Hope this helps.
B-rock

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