Did your email go to the wrong place from your Gmail? Know how to recall it

Recall send email in Gmail: If you have accidentally sent mail to another email id, then Gmail gives the facility to recall it. However, this option must be activated. Send mail has to be recalled within a maximum of 30 seconds.

Recall send email in Gmail: It often happens that you send mail from your Gmail to the wrong ID. Later you will regret that such mistake should not have happened. Many times people even email personal information, photos and videos to someone else. There are mainly two reasons behind this mistake. The first is that during the search, you have selected the wrong email id in the drop down which has similar names, or you made a mistake while typing and it turned out to be someone else’s mail id. Whatever the case, you just want to recall that email.

Send mail can be recalled

If you have also made such a mistake then there is no need to panic. Gmail allows you to recall sent mail. However, this option has to be activated. Once the option is activated, you can recall the send mail within 30 seconds. After that this facility will not be there.

This option on the bottom left

When a mail is sent to someone from Gmail, then the option of Undo and View message comes on the bottom left side of your screen. If you have made some mistake then click on Undo. The sent mail will be returned. You can also cancel that mail or resend it to the same email address after making necessary changes.
By the way, this option remains active in most emails. If Undo option is not active in your email then it can be activated easily. Let us try to understand it step-by-step.

1. Login to Gmail first.
2. Click on the Settings option of Gmail.
3. Click on See all settings.
4. General Settings The option of “Undo Send” will appear.
5. Here you have to choose the option of 5,10,20,30 seconds in the cancellation period. At the bottom of that page, there will be an option of ‘Save changes’, on clicking on which the option of Undo will be activated.