As humans, there’s no denying that we all make mistakes. While most of the mistakes we make in our lives are irreversible and comes with consequences, accidentally hitting the Send button in Gmail is fortunately not one of them. If you often find yourself spotting typo errors immediately after sending an important email, here’s how you can use the “Undo Send” feature to recall an email in Gmail. We have included the steps to recall an email in Gmail on the web and using mobile apps on Android and iOS.
You can use Gmail’s popular “Undo Send” feature to quickly recall an email before it reaches the recipient. What Gmail has implemented here is a buffer period that gives users the choice to recall a message, much like how Twitter’s new Undo Tweet feature works.
- Set Email Cancellation Period in Gmail
- Recall Email in Gmail for Web (Windows, Mac, and Linux)
- Recall Email in Gmail Using Mobile Apps (Android and iOS)
Set up Email Cancellation Period in Gmail
Gmail gives you 5 seconds to recall an email by default. However, you can customize the cancellation period and set it to 5, 10, 20, or 30 seconds. Unfortunately, this setting is limited to Gmail for the web, and you can’t customize the “undo send” period in the mobile apps on iOS and Android. With that said, here’s how to customize the recall time period for Gmail emails on the web:
- Under the General section, you will see an option titled “Undo Send”. Click on the dropdown menu and set your desired cancellation period. As mentioned earlier, the available options are:
Recall Email in Gmail for Web (Windows, Mac, and Linux)
After setting your optimal cancellation period, you are all set to recall emails in Gmail that you have already sent. Here’s how to do it:
Recall Email in Gmail Using Mobile Apps (Android and iOS)
Similarly, you can revoke emails in Gmail’s mobile apps on Android and iOS as well. While I will show you the steps using an Android device, the process to recall an email remains the same on Gmail’s iOS app too. Here’s how to recall an email in Gmail for Android or iOS:
