Deleting songs from IPOD Nano...how to do this ?

I mistakenly added a large number of songs to my wife's IPOD Nano, intended for my own personal IPOD.I still do not know how this happened. I can't find any link or directions on *how to delete specific songs from my wife's plugged in devise "Music" icon under her Devise.* Highlighting the song and using Edit/delete does not work. PLEASE TAKE ME THROUGH THIS REMEDY STEP BY STEP, as I am new to this devise's operation and menus.
Thank You for your help

Hello kamerakid,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
How you delete music from the iPod depends on how you have it set up to sync with your computer, which will either be automatically or manually.
If you sync it automatically, what settings do you have configured from under the Music tab for her iPod in iTunes? Do you have the "sync only checked songs and videos" option enabled from under the Summary tab?
It sounds like you were trying to manually remove songs from her iPod, which can only be done if you manually manage the iPod's contents. In order to manually manage the iPod's contents, you need to enable the "Manually manage music and videos" option from under the iPod's Summary tab.
For more information, see this Apple support document.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1855
We'll start there for now.
B-rock

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