After being a Google Labs Option for 6 years, the glorified, golden, rescuing-you-from-work/school/projects humiliation, Undo send button has finally been officially rolled out.

Ever sent an email you were not supposed to send? Or wished you could take it back?


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For those who have not updated this handy-dandy feature to their Settings even now. Here is the easiest step-by-step guide to Undo Send.

Step 1: Go to the Gear in the top right and select settings

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Step 2: Ensure you are at the General tab.

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Step 3: Scroll down to “Undo Send” and click Enable

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Step 4: Then — most importantly — scroll down to the bottom and save your changes.

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Step 5: After this whenever you send an email, you’ll see an Undo button. To choose to unsend an email now you will have a 30 second gap right after you have hit sent.

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Breathe a long sigh of relief! Hooray for 30-second, second chances! We all deserve them.

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