We’ve had the ability to “unsend” emails in Gmail for
about six years now, but the feature was somewhat hidden in the obscure
labs section of Gmail’s settings. Google has officially announced that
“Undo Send” is an option in its Gmail service, and it’s much easier to
find in Gmail’s settings.
Before digging around the settings to enable undo send, you need to reload Gmail, otherwise you won’t find the feature.
Click the gear icon on the top left of your inbox.
You’ll be taken to the general settings in the “General” tab. Scroll
down to find the “Undo Send” feature, and click the box to enable it.
It’s set to let you unsend an email for 10 seconds by
default, but you can lengthen and shorten the send cancellation period
from 5, 10, 20, or 30 seconds.
Next time you send an email, you’ll notice a subtle
new “Undo” option in the yellow box that appears at the top of the Gmail
window after you send an email. If you realized you missed something or
notice a typo in your email, click the “Undo” link, and your email will
reopen in the “Compose Email” box for you to edit.
Unfortunately, there’s no such option in the iOS or
Android Gmail mobile apps where small mobile device keyboards means our
emails are more prone to mistakes.
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