How to unsent email messages in Gmail? Do you know that you can unsent email messages in Gmail? This is a useful feature when you make simple mistakes such as forgetting to attach a file you are supposed to send, a spelled somebody’s name incorrectly.
If you regretted your action and wanted to recall the email, Gmail now comes with this unique feature, to unsent a Gmail Message, follow the step by step tutorial as shown in the images below. Remember, you only have 10 seconds after you send the email to undo it, only 10 seconds at the time of writing.
Also, you might find this similar article useful – how to unsent Yahoo, Hotmail and AOL Email.
Follow the Settings link in Gmail.
Go to the Labs tab.
Make sure Enable is selected for Undo Send. Click Save Changes.
Every time you are done with sending an email, an orange label with the text ‘undo’ will appear for less than 10 seconds. Hit the ‘Undo’ button to recall the email.
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We want to know the system of recall sent mail.
we need to know how to recall a sent mail by mistake
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You can recall emails that have not opened by your email recipient.
This feature does NOT recall a sent mail message, it just waits 5 seconds before sending it along.
I’m not the most tech-savvy, so I might just be misunderstanding something here…
However, I too thought it was just a delayed send, so I did a quick test.
I sent myself an email, and was able to see the email arrive in my inbox (1 unread) immediately, and then used the recall feature a few seconds later, which did actually take the sent message out of my inbox.
Maybe the actual recall only works between Gmail accounts, and otherwise the email is simply delayed?
For all intents and purposes it ‘recalls’ the message. Really, it is just a way for the masses to understand that the message will not be seen by the other party. Whether they think that it is being actually recalled or know that it is just being suspended briefly before being sent is a moot point.
Response to J – Ed’s point is not moot at all. There is NO recall in Gmail. Delaying sending the message is is no way the same as the ability to recall. The ability to truly recall a message would be much more useful.
There’s Gmail Labs feature that, when enabled, gives you 5 seconds to unsend an email.
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drat, I wish it were truly a recall feature too. I’m old and sometimes it takes more than 10 seconds for me to realize I’ve done something dumb. lol I stupidly sent an email from my default gmail account instead of from an alternate address because I forgot to use the drop-down menu to change it. So now people I would prefer not have my gmail address do. Oh well. My fault. I guess it’s not the end of the world. This will just teach me to be more careful.
When can we custom adjust the 10 seconds?
10 sec —- not long enough. should be available without time limit if possible
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It is a shame that we can’t recall any message after a longer period of time (ie 24h)…
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Nope – it DOESN’T recall, it just delays sending for 10 seconds. Please correct your blog.
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