Possible to DELETE ERASE songs FROM NANO?

Wondering if its possible to delete/erase songs, podcasts and so on from the Nano itself? If not, are there any cool hacks that allow this? I'm not up to date on all the tricks and hacks but know some Apple people that hack all the time (even iPhone) not to use without AT&T but to add cool functions.
Not sure where to look.
Just want to delete items from device without computer.
Thanks

*Just want to delete items from device without computer.*
I'm afraid you can't delete songs directly from the Nano, all additions and deletions have to be made through iTunes on your computer.

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Connect your iPod Nano to your computer. Go into iTunes & click on Music or your playlist under "Devices."
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Hello valsaladevi,
Thank you for contributing to the Apple Support Communities.
You can use these steps to delete songs from the Music app on your iPad:
iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
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Tap the Songs category.
Swipe left over the song you want to delete.
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From:
How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store - Apple Support
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Hi. I have Time Machine running on my office computer. It has backed up all my data since September. Problem is that I need to delete a folder from the backups that contains personal work. Is it possible to delete 1 folder from all the backups? If not, where are the instructions for erasing the Time Machine hard drive (in my case, it's Time Capsule) and starting from scratch?
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I have tried deleting the files from the mp3 player itself but it doesn't work either.
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Thanks for that tip.
I found what the problem was (kind of) ...
When I tried to delete the songs that shouldn't be there, the delete function wouldn't work. When I pressed the button for "delete file", instead of deleting the file, it would take me to the first song which I didn't want to delete.
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* I chose the first song (which was meant to be there).
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