LONDON – After self destruct feature, Gmail has had an “undo” feature fordesktop users for a few years now, but they made it available for mobileusers only earlier this month. The catch, however, is that you have justabout 10 seconds to tap the undo button before it’s too late.
Gmail’s “undo” email feature is available for all iPhone, iPad and Androidusers. You can use the feature on a browser or the Gmail application onyour phone. So, here’s how you can recall an email on Gmail.
*On your desktop*After you have drafted the email and hit the sent button, you will see anotification on the left corner of your screen saying “sending” and “undo”.Quickly click on the undo button. Instead of getting sent, the email willappear on your screen as a draft. You can now make all the changes you wantto the email before sending it again.
*On your phone*Similar to the desktop, compose the email and hit send. Right after you’vehit the send button, you will notice an alert “send” and the option to“undo”. Tap on undo.