How to Recall a Message

Gmail has a feature that lets you recall a sent email. I needed this feature many times, but didn’t know it existed.

Reminder is now enabled by default for all Gmail users. You can change the setting by doing the following:

1. Sign in to Gmail.
2. Select the gear located towards the top right corner of the screen and select Settings > See all settings.
3. Select the “Generaltab “.
4. In the “Cancel send” section,
5. Put it on “Send cancellation period” for the desired number of seconds.
   
6. Now a to cancel will appear in the lower left of the screen after sending an e-mail message. After the time you set has passed, the option will disappear and you will not be able to recall the message.
   

FAQs

I want to recall an e-mail and I have not activated this option. What can I do?

I’m afraid the message has been sent and there is nothing you can do to retrieve it.