My Iphone is recognized but my Itunes library is gone?

I turned my computer on and went to my itunes and everytthing was gone. It showed up saying how to download music. I went to sync my Iphone and it lets me it's just as if the iphone doesn't belong to my computer. Please help!

Hi oacha,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
From what I understand, you have an iPhone that contains data from the previous user and you would like to set it up with your own information. If you would like erase the iPhone and set it up to sync with your own data on your computer, please follow the steps to restore your iPhone to factory settings.
Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings - Apple Support
Have a great day,
Joe

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tt2,
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Greetings Stephan
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