Have you ever felt disappointed after sending an e-mail immediately? Have you ever wished that you had an opportunity to unsend a message once it has been sent? Gmail after spending years in testing has officially launched a new feature called Undo Send.
When the Undo Send has been unabled it
will allow you a brief time window where you can successfully retract
your message before it reaches its end destination and save you from any
sort of embarrassment. This new feature is making flashes across
Googleverse. But have you come across other apps that lets you unsend email? There are a number of different iOS and Android apps and web services that add an unsend
button to your current email provider, even if the provider is not
Google. Here are some of the apps that could save you from a lot of
embarrassment.
Unsend E-mail using Google’s Gmail Undo Send
The Gmails Undo Send made its rounds in
2011 initially, but it has now become an official part of of Google
services. It works by holding your emails in limbo for a few minutes
after you click send. This gives you a chance to change your mind before
delivering it. You have to enable the option to choose the time period
emails are held for. Time varies for 5,10,20 or 30 seconds. Before you
can Undo Send the service has to be enabled to Gmail Account. For this
feature to be enabled the following steps have to be followed:
- Enter into your Gmail Settings
- Choose the Settings options from there
- Choose the General Tab
- Scroll down and enable the check box next to Enable Undo Send
- Next set up the expiration timer to what is most convenient for you
The one thing that you have to remind
yourself is that this Undo Send does not go into other peoples inboxes
and scrub them clean. This feature just delays sending the emails.
There will also be short delays in the delivery of all other
communications when this Undo Send feature is enabled. There may be a
few mails with high priority that may get delayed. But it is better to
save your self from shame.
Unsend E-mail using Criptext
The Safari and Chrome browser come with
an extension called Criptext. This option delays sending your mail by 30
seconds atleast. This feature lets you scrub the contents of any Gmail
message any time after you have sent it. Even if it lies in the
person’s inbox for about a week and it hasn’t been read, Criptext will
make sure that it has not been read and it never will be. Criptext
further lets yo create self-destructing that erase themselves if it is
not ready in a timely manner.
Mechanism:
Criptext converts the text of your
emails to a picture fille. This picture file is sent to the recipient.
You cannot pull out the entire email that has been sent, by that way the
recipient will know you have attempted to erase it. Instead you can
have Criptext to delete the created picture file or any other included
file attachment. Beware of the trial version as it promotes and adds
advertisements for Criptext to all your emails.
Unsend E-mail using UnSend.it
UnSend.it is an email delivery system
that converts your text-based communications to image so they can be
withdrawn later. But it is not like Criptext that works only with gmail.
UnSend.it ic compatible with most providers. Emails can be sent through
the UnSend.it dashboard or you can set up your existing email client to
use UnSend.it servers instead. The UnSend.it is an incredibly new
service and the new web version is missing important basic features like
BBC and attachments. Therefore unsending an email through this feature
results in the recipient getting a blank email. This is the only
drawback. But this may not seem to be a big issue for some people if
they can explain why they have sent a blank message.
Virtu
This is a more professional way to undo
send in email. Virtu is an e-mail add-on that allows encryption to allow
locking of files and messages. This ensures that these files and
messages can be accessed only by the intended recipient. Therefore the
recipient needs to conform their identity before reading the email.
This gives Virtu the ability to delete email contents before it is read.
But this service from Virtu is not free. It costs $2.50 subscription
per month. There is also a 14 day free trial that can be availed.
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