Unfortunately, you cannot normally "cancel" an Email sent by mistake, therefore, once a message is sent, it will arrive at its destination and nothing can be done to prevent it. However, there are some e-mail clients that have a feature to recall a newly sent email back, even if it can only be used in very limited situations. For this reason, in general, when sending e-mails, it is better not to click on the Send button until you are absolutely sure that everything has been written correctly and that the recipients are the correct ones. An email is not like a comment on a website or blog that you can delete or edit after you publish it.
When sending an email, the email client sends a copy of the message to the mail server which manages the recipient's address and cannot be deleted from there because the server is completely out of control. There are, however, some solutions to cancel the sending of an email just sent by mistake .
Some mail clients instead give the possibility to press the " undo " button after sending an e-mail, at least for a few seconds.
In this way, if you accidentally press the "Send" button, you can immediately cancel it and prevent the recipient from receiving the message.
As already mentioned, Microsoft Outlook contains a "recall" function that allows you to recall e-mail messages in some cases.
Recently it has also become possible to cancel the sending of an email in Outlook.com
The same can be done, much more precisely, if you are using Gmail .
Cancel emails sent in Microsoft Outlook
The recall function of Microsoft Outlook allows you to activate the possibility to cancel the sending of an incorrect Email and to delete outgoing messages before they are sent.To do this, in Microsoft Outlook, go to the menu File> Information, in " Rules and warnings " press on " Manage rules and warnings " and create a new rule with creation wizard.
Apply the rule only to messages sent and then, after going Next twice and confirming, find the delayed delivery option of a few minutes .
Then click on the link of the word " some " to choose how long to delay the delivery, ie sending the Email.
In essence, it makes sure that after sending an email, it can be deleted from the outgoing mail within one minute before it is actually sent.
Cancel Send Email in Outlook.com
In Outlook.com you can cancel the sending of an email by activating the function in the settings. It works so that if you close the Outlook web page or close the browser when Outlook is sending the email, it is canceled.To activate email cancellation in Outlook.com, open Settings and then go to " View all Outlook settings ". In the Mail section, under Compose and reply, there is the Cancel Send option which allows you to choose a length of time within which you can cancel the sending of the email, from 10 to 30 seconds. Then save your settings.
Cancel Email in Gmail
The function to cancel sending an Email in Gmail is not a reminder of an email already sent, but a delay set before the message is actually sent to the recipient's server.Open Gmail, go to Settings and then on General find and activate the Cancel sending option, set within how many seconds and save using the button at the bottom of the page. Now try to send a message to yourself and verify that, after pressing Enter, a yellow writing appears at the top with the writing: The message has been sent. Cancel Display message .
You can then press Cancel to prevent the message from reaching your destination. The yellow writing remains visible for about 30 seconds, after which nothing can be done to prevent that message from being delivered.
You can have the same function as the " UNDO Send " from the Gmail app on an Android smartphone and iPhone which allows you to cancel the sending of an Email message sent with your smartphone within a few seconds.
As we have seen, therefore, there is no effective way to cancel the sending of Email after shipment, therefore, before clicking the Send button, it is better to stop for a moment and think twice.
