In your haste to get through your emails and responding to emails, you have sent an email to the wrong person by mistake. You may feel embarrassed and a bit nervous at the prospect that the email you sent will be read by the wrong person. Here is the solution – the Recall This Message feature in Microsoft Outlook 2013. This feature will allow you to replace, delete, or simply to recall an email that you have sent by mistake.
Step by Step: How to Recall an Email in Outlook 2013
Here are the simple steps you can follow to recall the message:
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- First go to your Sent Items
- Now double click the email that you would like to recall. Your message will open in another window.
- In the Move Section on the menu of the Email, click where it says Actions
- Click Recall This Message
- Select Delete Unread Copies of this Message. Here Outlook will actually notify you if the recipient has actually read the email. If you want to just fix the message you sent, you will click Delete Unread Copies and Replace with a New Message. This opens a new window with your email in edit mode, where you can replace your original message with corrections or a completely new message. *
- Click OK. Now wait for Outlook to notify you if the recall has actually been successful. You should receive a message from Outlook soon after telling you of the status of the recall.
*Make sure that the check box that says “Tell me if recall succeeds or fails for each recipient” is selected.
If it was a success, the email will disappear from your recipient’s inbox. If not, Outlook 2013 will tell you that the attempt to recall the message has failed. In this case, it is probably a good idea to start writing up an apology. With email recalling, the faster you act to fix the mistake; the chances of success are much higher.
Recall message in Outlook 2016, 2013 and Outlook 2010
Outlook has a feature that lets users to recall a sent message. This can be done by accessing the Recall This Message option available as part of Actions drop down. This feature is quite useful If you had sent an e-mail message to an user with incorrect information and you want to recall that message or resend the e-mail message with correct information.
Step 1: Open the email message which needs to be recalled from the Sent Mail items folder.
Step 2: Navigate to Move section and click Actions dropdown and select Recall This Message… from the menu list
Step 3: In the Recall This Message dialog, select whether you want to Delete unread copies of this message or Delete unread copies and replace with a new message.
If you want to receive any acknowledgement then you can tick the check box with caption as Tell me if recall succeeds or fails for each recipient
Demo Video – Recall message in Outlook 2010
Recall email message in Outlook 2007
In Outlook 2007, Recall This Message option is available as part of Other options. Open the email message that needs to be recalled. Click Other Options and select Recall This Message from the drop down menu list.
On selecting Recall This Message the following dialog box would be displayed
You can select the the following options depending on your requirement
- Delete unread copies of this message
- Delete unread copies and replace with a new message
And if you want to receive any acknowledge for deleting the unread copies then you select the checkbox Tell me if recall succeeds or fails for each recipient.
Also See: How to recall a message in Gmail