How to Recall Gmail Email Already Sent

Last updated on February 17th, 2021 at 06:39 am

By mistake, if you have sent an email to someone you don’t know? or, the things on your email you sent to someone that is not relevant? You can also check the option to free up space on Gmail.

You can easily recall Gmail email already sent with simple steps without even knowing the recipient.

Gmail provides a special option for this, this option will work on your smartphone and PC.

For proceeding further you must be aware that Google last this Undo option for 30 seconds. If you delay more than this then you can not recall the email you sent from your Gmail account.

If by default this function is not set then you have to follow below steps.

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How to Recall Gmail Email Already Sent

STEP 1: Open your Gmail account. Log in with your email address and password.

STEP 2: After successfully launching Gmail account, go to Gear icon on the top right and tap on Settings option from the drop-down list.

STEP 3: Here you will see Undo send area, tick on Enable Undo Send. Here you can also choose the time period to cancel this email. The maximum time allowed is 30 seconds.

STEP 4: Scroll down to bottom and click SAVE button.

By this, you can enable undo option and cancel your email before the time you have selected. See below screenshot how to cancel the email.