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Unsend a message. If you decide you don't want to send an email, you have a short time after to cancel it. Right after you send a message, you can retract it: In the bottom left, you'll see...
Feb 7, 2023 · Thankfully, Gmail users have a built-in safety net that makes it easy to instantly undo sending an email. Follow these simple steps to undo send an email and to extend your undo send window beyond the default five seconds.
- Ivy Levine
Aug 4, 2021 · Under the “General” tab, look for “Undo Send.” Choose how long you’d like Gmail to give you to change your mind: you can select five seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, or 30 seconds.
- Barbara Krasnoff
Jun 26, 2015 · Check "Enable Undo Send" and then select the cancellation period. At the moment your options are 5, 10, 20, and 30 seconds. Unless you have some pressing need to do otherwise, we'd recommend selecting 30 seconds as giving yourself the largest possible undo window is always ideal.
- Jason Fitzpatrick
- Editor-In-Chief
Jun 24, 2015 · “Undo Send” allows people using Gmail to cancel a sent email if they have second thoughts immediately after hitting the “send” button. Here’s how to enable it and use it. (And an explanation of why it’s not actually “retrieving” email.)
Jan 5, 2017 · In order to recall an email in Gmail you need to turn on the Undo Send feature and set how it functions. Let's do that now. From the Settings window, use the scroll bar on the right to scroll down until you can see the Undo Send option.
Gmail’s Undo Send feature only delays the email — it doesn’t actually recall accidental messages already sent to others. In other words, if you set the Send Cancellation Period to 30...
