How To Recall Email In Gmail- UNDO Email

Delete or Undo allows the user in Gmail to recall an email from Gmail if the mail was accidentally sent to someone. It’s a great feature provided by Gmail to recall a mail. Gmail provides a quick and easy way to unsend or recalls an email before things go wrong.

But first, we have to activate this feature before using it in our Gmail. It can be used in the both Gmail app as well as on the Gmail website.

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How To Activate Recall Email From Gmail Or Undo Setting

To avail the recall feature first you have to activate or enable the Gmail Undo setting. Once activated recall feature anyone can unsend their email if it was sent accidentally. You can personalize you’re undo setting from which the cancellation period cans be customized from 5, 10, 20, 20 seconds.

In this post,we can see how to activate undo or recall setting in Gmail website.

Step By Step Guide To Activate Recall Or Undo Setting

To use the recall feature to undo the mail which you have been sent mistakenly or you want to make some changes in the mail which you have sent. Then this method is best for you. Here is our step by step guide to activate recall settings in Gmail.

Step 1: First of all login to your Gmail account to activate recall or undo setting for your Gmail account.

Step 2: Now tap on Setting symbol situated at the top right corner of your Gmail account.

Step 3: At this step, you have to select the Setting options among the given options.

Step 4: Now at this step, you have to select the UNDO Send option and select the duration available in which Gmail will allow you to undo or recall your mail to selected durations.

Step 5: After selecting the duration scroll down and tap on Save Changes to save your settings for the recall of your mail.

Now you have successfully enabled the recall mail setting from which you can undo a sent message or mail in Gmail. You have personalized your send cancellation time period. It’s time to test the activated setting.

How To Recall Email From Gmail

Once you have activated the undo setting in Gmail and select the time duration in which you can recall any email which was sent accidentally or mistakenly. For this first, you need to send any mail to any person to test the featured successfully which you can use in emergency cases like accidentally sent a wrong mail to your boss, teacher, etc.

Step By Step Guide To Recall E-mail In Gmail

Here is our step by step guide to recall any mail withing the time period which you have selected at the time of activating the UNDO feature in Gmail. It varies from 5, 10, 20 and 30 seconds.

Step 1: First of all login to your Gmail account to recall your mail. The homepage of Gmail will look like the below image.

Step 2: Now you have to tap on Compose Mailto send a mail and after this, you will recall or undo your mail.

Step 3: Now enter the Email address of receipt and send it.

Step 4: At this step, you have to tap on Undo to recall your mail which is located at the bottom left corner.

Step 5: After tapping on Undo your mail will be recalled or deleted from the receiver side. But you have to undo or recall your mail within the predefined time. Once the time has passed you will not able to do this.

Benefits Of Recall Or Undo Mail-In Gmail

There are various benefits of recalling or undo an E-mail in Gmail or any other platform. It is now used among various platforms like Gmail, WhatsApp, Outlook, etc.

1. Delete an E-mail which was sent accidentally (Wrong Email address).
2. Spelling Or content mistake.
3. Forgot to attach the file.

Time Limit For Recall Mail In Gmail

Well, there are also some limitations to availing of this feature. You have to recall your mail within the selected durations because once the duration has been passed you will not be able to recall or undo your mail in Gmail.

The minimum time is 5 seconds and the maximum time is 30 seconds. It is the duration specified by the Gmail to recall your mail.

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