How
many times in the history of your business and personal communication you felt
sorry for sending the email in a fracture of second after you hit the SEND
button? In some cases, it is not critical, and you can send the follow-up email
with correction or clarification. In other, it may become a life changer, if
you included a wrong person in list of your addressees, or sent too fast,
influenced by emotions. Now, you have a chance to reverse the message delivery
as integrated Gmail option.
This
Gmail feature Google has been testing for years. It allows to delay sending
your email for a few seconds after you click Send, so you can take it back if
you, for example, spell someone's name wrong.
After
the feature spent six years in public beta, Google announced in
a blog post this week that Undo Send is becoming an official setting.
When it launched in 2009, Undo Send
would delay sending your emails for five seconds, but it now lets users choose
if they want to hold their mail for 5, 10, 20 or 30 seconds.
While
Undo Send feature is not available on mobile platforms yet, Google said it would
roll out the feature to mobile sometimes in the future.
So
how do you enable Gmail’s undo feature? Go to the little cog icon in the upper
right-hand corner and select “Settings.” About a third of the way down the page,
you will see the “Undo Send” section. You can choose between 5, 10, 20 and 30-second
windows of sending delay. Make sure you hit “Save Changes” at the bottom and
you are all set.
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