My Ipod Music is locked on itunes

I have a Shuffle and an 80 Gig ipod. On my shuffle I can delete songs that are on it. However, on the 80 gig pod the music appears locked and on the bottom of itunes it shows a small lock icon next to where it says how much free space I have. Appreciate any help, can't seem to find any answers about this.My music plays fine on the ipod but I can't manage it at all.

The songs are "greyed out" because you have the iPod set to transfer songs automatically. That is also why the padlock icon appears at the bottom of iTunes next to the space used/available.
If you want the songs to be bold and selectable/editable, then you need to change to manage the content manually.
Please note that by editing/changing the songs on your iPod in this manner, the changes will not affect the songs in iTunes, only on your iPod.

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I am not able to disable account or device on old computer no longer have it.
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