Erasing a device from Mac

How do I erase an iPod device from my Mac? (I can only update three devices so wish to remove one which has been updated previously.)

It will only erase the phone and remove it from the iCloud account.  It won't erase the iCloud account itself.  If it's your iCloud account with your email address and credentials (and not the company's), you will be able to sign into the account on your new phone.  (If the account belongs to the company, they will probably delete the data in the account and/or reset the password so it can no longer be accessed by you.)

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