
Now, at long last, Undo Send is available in Outlook 365 for Mac though it’s implemented differently than in Outlook for Windows and doesn’t work for all mailboxes. and Gmail in a browser also have a similar ‘delayed send’ options. See Delay sending a message the easy way in Outlook

Outlook for Windows has had this feature for a long time, done via a Rule applied to outgoing messages.

Enough for a ‘second thought’ but not much more. The Send delay isn’t long, sometimes just 5 or 10 seconds. During that delay, you can choose to stop the message going out. When you click ‘Send’ an email is usually sent immediately but with ‘Undo Send’ the message put on hold for a little time before sending. There’s Recall Message which attempts to delete a sent email, an option that might work but often doesn’t. There are two types of going back on a sent email. Undo Send, a feature in Outlook for Windows for as long as we can remember, has finally made it to Outlook 365 for Mac in a unnecessarily limited way.įor as long as people have had email, they’ve wanted a way to take back a message they’ve sent.
