That, of course, is the entire purpose of this guide, in fact. Although it’s worth noting that the options to “unsend” an email, even via Gmail, are limited. So we’ll be discussing some caveats here too. In the interim, let’s take a deeper look at how you can fix these kinds of mistakes in the future.
How to unsend that email in Gmail
Now, the way “unsend” works in Gmail is more similar to how “undo” buttons work. And the limitations of this feature follow the implications of that. As a matter of fact, that’s exactly what the feature is. That means that, if you know where to look in the UI, it’s just about as intuitive as a feature can be.
If you want to unsend an email with more options, Gmail in a web browser works best
First, however, there’s some setup needed. And, as noted here, a web browser works best. And that’s because you can set up Gmail to give you a longer stretch of time to perform an “undo.” Although performing this setup won’t necessarily impact the mobile version, as is often the case with how-to guides that stretch across both platforms. So, if you frequently send emails you’d like to take back, using the web version is probably for the best. That’s as opposed to using the app. However, setting up the timeframe itself for un-sending an email, unlike the act of undoing the action, is less intuitive.
Here’s how to unsend an email on either the Gmail app or on desktop
Now that you’ve set up your interval, there is really only one step left. Namely, to try this out for yourself. And this portion of our guide is incredibly easy. And, best of all, it works on both mobile and desktop platforms. So you’re free to use the app for this segment, although the time interval won’t necessarily be the same. For consistency, our sample images here will be utilizing the desktop Gmail experience.
