How to Recall an Email Sent by Mistake in Microsoft Outlook

The email recipient never needs to know about your spelling error.

At one time or another, everyone has sent an email and then immediately realized there was a typo or another error in the message. In most cases, there's no way to get the message back, but Microsoft Outlook has an email recall feature. If your business operates on a Microsoft Exchange Server and you sent the email to a user within the company, you can recall the email and correct or discard it.

Instructions

1. Click "Sent Items" in the Mail navigation pane.

2. Find and open the email you want to recall.

3. Click "Actions" and then "Recall this message."

4. Select "Delete unread copies of the message" and click "OK" or "Delete unread copies of the message and replace with a new message." Revise the email and click "Send."

Tips & Warnings

• Do this as quickly as possible because if they click the message to open it this procedure with not work.

References

• Office.com: Recall or Replace an Email Message After It Is Sent