NEED HELP ASAP! Transferring ipod touch from 1 account to another.

My children just returned from trip to dad's where they each received ipod touches that dad synced to his account instead of waiting till they got home to sync to mine. We already have a very well established account we have had for years so I need to pretty much reset their ipods to my account. Not too worried about the 2 apps that were bought will just replace those. Can anybody help me with this issue. Thanks!

Try this:
You Don’t Want to Sync Info on iPod touch to Your Computer
Replace contacts, calendars, mail accounts, or bookmarks on iPod touch with
information from your computer.
Replace iPod touch information:
1 Open iTunes.
2 As you connect iPod touch to your computer, press and hold Command-Option (if
you’re using a Mac) or Shift-Control (if you’re using a PC) until you see iPod touch in
the iTunes sidebar. This prevents iPod touch from syncing automatically.
3 Select iPod touch in the iTunes sidebar and click the Info tab.
4 Under “Replace information on this iPod touch,” select Contacts, Calendars, Mail
Accounts, or Bookmarks. You can select more than one, if you like.
5 Click Apply.
Information of the selected type is erased from iPod touch and replaced with what’s
on your computer. The next time you sync, iPod touch syncs normally, adding
information you’ve entered on iPod touch to your computer, and vice versa.
(user guide page 106)
All other media content will be erased when you sync for the first time with your Mac and replaced with what's in your itunes library.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386
Message was edited by: Ingo2711

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