Gmail has a feature where you can recall a sent email message. I’ve needed this feature several times, but never knew it existed.
- Login to Gmail.
- Select the gear located toward the upper-right corner of the screen and select “Settings”.
Select the “General” tab.
- In the “Undo Send” section, check the “Enable Undo Send” box.
- Set the “Send cancellation period” to the desired amount of seconds.
- Now an Undo link will appear at the top of the page after you send an email message. After the time you set elapses, the option will disappear and you will not be able to recall the message.
I want to recall an email and I didn’t have this option enabled. What can I do?
I’m afraid the message has been sent and there is nothing you can do to get that message back.