How to Recall an Email in Gmail

Aug. 6, 2024

We’ve all been in situations where we forgot to attach the required documents to the email after the text “Please find the documents attached below”. It could be quite embarrassing to send the documents via another email, and you may come out as careless in the eyes of the receiver, especially when the first email was supposed to contain your Resume. Google has a solution in Gmail for these kinds of situations, and the feature is called Unsend. Here’s how to recall an email in Gmail.

The Recall feature in Gmail is enabled by default, and you may have noticed that as soon as you click Send to send an email, an Undo option appears in the toast. Gmail allows you to recall a sent email in under 30 seconds at the maximum. Considering you’re reading this now, you may have already surpassed that 30-second limit.

Recall an Email in Gmail on PC

You can unsend or recall an email you sent from a PC using the Undo option. Here’s how you can do it:

Extend Email Recall Time

The default duration of unsending an email is set to 5 seconds, but you can extend it to 30 seconds at the maximum. Here’s how:

Similar to the web, Gmail mobile app on Android and iPhone also lets you unsend or recall emails. Here’s how you do it.

Unfortunately, there’s no way to change the duration of recovery on the Android or iPhone app, like you can do on the web app.

And that’s how you can recall or unsend emails on Gmail. While there’s no way to recall an email sent more than 30 seconds ago, it’s enough time for someone to realize they’ve made an error or forgot to attach something important. Let us know your thoughts about the feature in the comments below.