In previous articles, Mytour has provided users with small tips when using Email such as: scheduling email sending, setting up email campaigns, how to check for new mail... from there users have learned how to scheduled email sending to save time and convenience for their activities. In this article, we will guide you on how to automatically retract the entire content of sent emails, helping you cancel emails that you are not satisfied with, do not want to send to the recipient, or simply you sent incorrectly... in the most professional way.
Cancel sent email content, set the time to retract sent email content
With email services like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail... most of them already integrate a feature allowing users to retract sent emails. However, this window of opportunity is usually quite short (only 30 seconds for Gmail), so most users won't have time to do it.
Below is how to set up the email retraction time on Chrome, selected by Mytour to share with readers. As you know, Chrome is one of the most popular web browsers today, and using Email on it enhances user security.
Step 1: Launch Chrome, search, and install the Dmail extension
After launching Chrome, users can search for Dmail in the app store or choose to download it directly.
- Download Dmail for Chrome: Dmail
You can also visit the Dmail homepage Here
- Click Add to Chrome (2)
- The Confirm New Extension dialog box will appear, select Add (3) to proceed with adding Dmail
- Press Accept (4)
Thus, the user has successfully added Dmail to Chrome
Step 2: Set up automatic email retraction, set the time to retract email content
- After successfully adding the Dmail extension, access your email through the browser with Dmail installed, which is Chrome, to conveniently set up retracting sent emails in an easy-to-follow manner.
+ In the email composing interface, fill in all the necessary information as usual
+ Choose Destroy (5) with various modes such as: Cancel after 1 hour, sober after 1 day, or after 1 week, or Never
+ Press Send (6) to send your email
- Note
- You should pay attention to whether Dmail has been activated or not. If they have not been activated, you should turn them on for the process to be successful. The email will completely retract its content, while the Subject, sender, recipient, and attached files remain intact.
- This is the content of the Email sent and using Dmail to retract the content after 1 hour
Cancel sent Email content immediately
In addition to setting the retraction time, users can also completely retract the content of the sent Email by following these steps:
- Click on the Dmail icon (1)
- Select Revoke Email (2)
- Press Ok (3) to confirm
- Then go to Sent Mail to check, and you will see that the content of the Email has been completely destroyed
- Note
- Similar to setting the time to retract email content, with this method, you have instantly retracted or deleted the entire content of the sent Email. The remaining part is only the Subject, sender, recipient, and attached files.
Thus, Mytour has guided you on how to set up automatic deletion of email content after sending, as well as immediate deletion of sent email content; with the methods outlined above, you can apply them to most popular email services today such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail... Currently, Gmail is one of the most popular email services. Users who don't have an account or encounter difficulties during registration can refer to additional Gmail registration methods on Mytour.