1
00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,483
You click Send and notice a typo.

2
00:00:02,483 --> 00:00:07,633
Gmail's Undo Send control can cancel the send, but only for a short period.

3
00:00:07,633 --> 00:00:11,410
We will set that period to thirty seconds, verify the saved

4
00:00:11,410 --> 00:00:14,843
setting, and explain exactly what it can and cannot do.

5
00:00:14,843 --> 00:00:19,650
This is separate from canceling a message that was scheduled for a future date.

6
00:00:20,250 --> 00:00:24,701
In Gmail on a computer, open Settings, then See all settings.

7
00:00:24,701 --> 00:00:28,344
Stay on the General tab and find Undo Send.

8
00:00:28,344 --> 00:00:33,604
Google currently offers five, ten, twenty, or thirty seconds as the cancellation period.

9
00:00:33,604 --> 00:00:34,818
Choose thirty seconds.

10
00:00:34,818 --> 00:00:39,270
This changes how long the Undo control remains available after a

11
00:00:39,270 --> 00:00:42,912
future send; it does not change messages already delivered.

12
00:00:43,512 --> 00:00:46,965
Scroll to the bottom of Settings and click Save Changes.

13
00:00:46,965 --> 00:00:51,453
Return to the same General setting to confirm it still reads thirty seconds.

14
00:00:51,453 --> 00:00:55,251
Merely selecting the option without saving is a common reason a

15
00:00:55,251 --> 00:00:58,014
later test seems to use the old window.

16
00:00:58,014 --> 00:01:01,812
Record the setting before you send any practice mail, and keep

17
00:01:01,812 --> 00:01:03,193
the practice message fictional.

18
00:01:03,793 --> 00:01:07,367
Immediately after you send, Gmail shows a confirmation with Undo.

19
00:01:07,367 --> 00:01:11,298
Clicking Undo within your selected period reopens the message as a

20
00:01:11,298 --> 00:01:13,443
draft so you can correct it.

21
00:01:13,443 --> 00:01:17,017
Google's help describes this as a short cancellation period.

22
00:01:17,017 --> 00:01:20,948
It is not an unlimited recall feature, and the recipient cannot

23
00:01:20,948 --> 00:01:24,880
be reached back through this button once the window has passed.

24
00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:29,409
If you are authorized to test in a Gmail account, compose

25
00:01:29,409 --> 00:01:32,266
the fictional practice message to your own address.

26
00:01:32,266 --> 00:01:35,481
Press Send, then click Undo immediately in the confirmation.

27
00:01:35,481 --> 00:01:36,909
Inspect the returned draft.

28
00:01:36,909 --> 00:01:40,838
Do not send a test to a colleague or customer, and

29
00:01:40,838 --> 00:01:44,767
do not claim we observed live delivery until an actual authorized

30
00:01:44,767 --> 00:01:46,196
test has been recorded.

31
00:01:46,796 --> 00:01:50,810
The common error is thinking Undo Send can remove an email

32
00:01:50,810 --> 00:01:53,729
from someone's inbox hours later. It cannot.

33
00:01:53,729 --> 00:01:58,107
If the thirty-second window is gone, stop looking for Undo and

34
00:01:58,107 --> 00:01:59,931
follow your normal correction process.

35
00:01:59,931 --> 00:02:03,945
Also do not confuse this setting with a scheduled email, which

36
00:02:03,945 --> 00:02:07,959
stays pending until its future send time and has different controls.

37
00:02:08,559 --> 00:02:12,741
The answer check has two parts: the saved cancellation period reads

38
00:02:12,741 --> 00:02:16,923
thirty seconds, and an authorized self-addressed test returns to Drafts

39
00:02:16,923 --> 00:02:19,204
only when Undo is clicked promptly.

40
00:02:19,204 --> 00:02:24,527
Even without running that test, the first part can be verified safely in Settings.

41
00:02:24,527 --> 00:02:29,849
The practical habit is to pause before sending and use Undo immediately when needed.