IPod Nano Memory

I have deleted everything on my IPod Nano and it's still showing 1.61 GB used. Does anyone know why that is and how I can change it?

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
You are not alone, since this is quite a common problem.
Have you tried restoring your iPod?
Restoring your iPod
After tring restoring your iPod, and it doesn't work, them try formatting your iPod trhough "My Computer". This has worked for posters on here (and elsewhere) to get their iPods to quite displaying fake memory usage.
NOTE: If for some reason you can't resotre your iPod, then don't try this or start it up until you can restore your iPod, since a restore is needed after this process.
Plug in your iPod.
Go to "My Computer".
Find your iPod's listing there (typically "E" or sometimes "F".)
Right-click on it, "Format".
After this, be sure to restore your iPod again (see the link above).
I hope this helps,
-Kylene

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how do u delete music and other stuff from ipod

There are several methods of deleting songs from the iPod and/or iTunes, and the method you choose depends on the settings you have selected for your iPod.
If you have the iPod set to automatically transfer songs, and you no longer want a copy of those songs on either the iPod or in iTunes, simply delete the songs in iTunes. Highlight the songs you no longer want then right click and select "clear", or from the edit menu select "clear". Next time you connect the iPod, the songs will be deleted from there also.
Only do this if you no longer want the songs on both the iPod and your computer.
You can also use the "only update checked songs" method in the iPod options (right click on the iPod in the source list in iTunes and select options, then select "only update checked songs"). With this preference checked, you can remove the check mark from the songs in iTunes that you no longer want on the iPod. The next time you connect the iPod, those unchecked songs will be removed from the iPod whilst still being retained in iTunes. You can check and uncheck songs as you change your mind about what songs you want to put on the iPod.
If you have the iPod set to manually manage your songs, and you want to delete the song from the iPod only, then select the iPod in the source list of iTunes. Highlight the song(s) you no longer want on the iPod, right click and select "clear", or use the edit menu as previously mentioned.
This method only deletes the songs from the iPod, so if you no longer want the song in iTunes also, you'll need to delete it from there separately using the method above.
If you are using iTunes version 7 or later, these settings can be found in the summary screen.
If you want to delete everything from the iPod and completely erase the hard drive and start from scratch, then you can restore the iPod to factory settings.
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You're importing settings are fine. Now, the only thing you can do to resolve a storage capacity conflict like you have is to do a restore on your Nano. I want to make sure you know that a restore wipes your Nano back to factory settings, including erasing all your music. A restore DOES NOT affect your iTunes library. You restore using the updater which you can download to your desktop from the following link. Once you have the updater downloaded, you will have to open it & install it. After installation, open the updater, conncecting Nano ONLY WHEN asked. Once Nano is docked, there should be 2 choices, update or restore, choose restore. When the restore is completed, you should be able to re-sync your Nano to iTunes & be back in business. Post back if you have any questions.
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Hello. My iPod Nano 5th gen is great, and I've been able to use it for 2 years now, and it serves me well. Perfect condition since the day I got it. However, there are some memory issues...
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I don't use iTunes to syncronize my iPod. I use a third-party program called CopyTrans Manager
Contact the manufacturer. Check with them to determine if the issue is with them.

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Is there a name for this when you end up replying to your own aggravating question? That's what I did. Now I can go out and listen. It's only 91 degrees. Heaven. Thanks, Apple.

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This forum is for iPod only, best post questions 2 and 3 in other forums.
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Its not really these factors that affect the disk size. To keep things simple, the hard/flash drive people and the computer people work out the sizes differently:
Hard/Flash Drive People: 1GB =1000MB
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I have an iPod nano 8Gb (second generation). When I delete songs, I notice that it does not reclaim the memory space that these songs took up. I have disconnected iPod from iTunes, shut down iTunes and then reconnected, and it still does not reclaim this memory space.
How do you recalim this memory space?
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I would suggest that you restore your iPod, to completely clear it off.
See this: Restoring your iPod to factory settings
It might resolve whatever internal issues your iPod is having with processing space/used space on the flash drive.
-Kylene

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They really serve completely different purposes. I have both and would never really consider using the PSP for music. It's just too big & clunky for that. It's great for games though.
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