Gmail Adds 'Undo Send' Option

New feature lets users email in haste, then repent in 5 seconds
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 20, 2009 6:25 AM CDT
Gmail Adds 'Undo Send' Option
Users can access the new feature through the Google Labs tab in Gmail.   (Google)

Anybody who's ever been gripped by regret seconds after hitting "Send" will like Gmail's new feature, Wired reports. "Undo Send" gives users a grace period—currently 5 seconds, although future updates will provide the option for 10 seconds—in which they can yank back emails that are being sent to the wrong person, or just shouldn't have been sent at all. (More Gmail stories.)

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