This Undo Send feature needs to be manually enabled through their account settings in Gmail. Similarly, the feature in Outlook also needs to be enabled to recall a sent email. There are several methods through which you can either recall a sent email or prevent it from being sent at all. This article discusses how you can recall a sent email in Outlook, or delay it from being officially sent after you have clicked the Send button.
Setup Undo Send in Outlook By Delaying Email
You can defer the sent emails by using Outlook rules. This method delays an email from being officially sent to the receiver by the number of minutes you configure in the rule. Although this method focuses on Outlook 2021, it can also be applied to earlier versions of the app. Learn how to download and install Office 2021. Follow the instructions below to set up rules for deferring sent emails. Now all your sent emails will wait for the configured number of minutes before being officially sent to the recipient. If you have accidentally hit the send button or want to make any changes to the email, you can easily stop the email from being sent by moving it from the Outbox folder to Drafts.
Delay/Schedule Sending a Specific Email in Outlook
The above-mentioned method applies to all emails being sent from your Outlook profile. If you do not want to delay emails but only want to schedule an email to be sent later, follow the steps: Now, when you click the Send button, the email will not be sent. It will now automatically be delivered to the recipient at the configured time.
Recall a Sent Email in Outlook
Note: This method only works if you have an IMAP account configured on Outlook. Furthermore, it will also not work if you have an email address ending with @outlook.com, @hotmail.com, @live.com, or @msn.com. This is because these are web-based email services and once an email is sent, it cannot be recalled. If you have already sent an email, Outlook has a secret option to recall it if it has not been opened by the recipient. Follow the steps below to recall a sent email in Microsoft Outlook: Any unopened emails that you have sent will now be deleted/replaced from the recipient’s end.
Conclusion
These are the methods you can delay an email from sending, or recall an already sent email. That said, there is currently no method to recall an email from web-based Outlook.com, since it is a web server, and once the email has left your account, it is beyond your control. Microsoft sheds light on this in their blog post. Also see:
4 Ways To Archive Emails In GmailHow To Convert Your Gmail Account To Outlook.com Email AccountConfigure Outlook.com Email Accounts With IMAP ProtocolHow To Synchronize Outlook.com Contacts With Thunderbird AddressbookHow to Change OST File Location In Microsoft Outlook (Without resync)
