WASHINGTON: Google has finally launched a feature that it has been testing for years. It is a Gmail feature ‘Undo Send’ that delays sending your email for a few seconds after you click Send, so you can take it back if you, for example, spell someone’s name wrong.
The feature is not new for beta user as it has spent six years in public beta. Undo Send was made an official setting after Google’s announcement in a blog post this week.
For users who already had the Undo Send beta enabled, the feature will remain on, and those who didn’t can turn it on via the General tab under Settings.
When it was launched in 2009, Undo Send only delayed sending your emails for five seconds, but after recent updates from Google, it lets users choose if they want to hold their mail for 5, 10, 20 or 30 seconds.
However, Undo Send is not currently available on mobile, so you’re out of luck if you want to retract an email you sent via your phone. But there’s good news: Google said it will roll out the feature to mobile in the future but didn’t elaborate on the timeline.
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