There is a proverb that words once spoken cannot be retraced. So is the case with Emails. Once a message is mailed, you cannot stop it. Now Gmail provides you the option of taking back your ‘sent’ mail soon after it is clicked for despatch. Incidentally, this feature was already there in Gmail’s testing ground: ‘Labs’ under ‘Settings’ for the users to experiment with. Now, the feature is available for all the users without any exceptions.
The feature allows you to retrace your ‘sent’ mail within a predetermined time frame - in the range of 5 to 30 seconds. For instance, if you have set it at 20 seconds, you get an option to take back the your sent mail within 20 seconds. After that, it is irretrievably gone! It may be clarified that once the undo setting has been made in the Mail, it is available to you by default.
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The question is: how can this option be enabled? Simple enough! At the outset, open your Gmail account. Go to the Gear in the top right and select ‘Settings’. Scroll it down till you get ‘Undo Send’. Here you click on ‘Enable’ and set the time-frame from the four options available – 5, 10, 20 & 30 seconds. Once that is done, click ‘Save Changes’ at the bottom of the page. Now you get the option of undoing your send mail. Soon after a message is sent a message appears on top reading: ‘Your message has been sent. Undo. View message’. Here you have to click on the word Undo within the prescribed time-frame, and the mail would be stopped.
The step-by-step instructions for enabling the feature in your Gmail are indicated below by way of a slide show:
The step-by-step instructions for enabling the feature in your Gmail are indicated below by way of a slide show:
Author : Syed Zafar Ahmad
Designation: Executive Editor
Bio: A freelancer with a flair for experimenting with innovative technology and electronic gadgets that could enrich the life of a modern common man, and a consultant in issues touching every-day life of a computer suave professional.
Bio: A freelancer with a flair for experimenting with innovative technology and electronic gadgets that could enrich the life of a modern common man, and a consultant in issues touching every-day life of a computer suave professional.
