Recall Outlook For Mac

  1. This method will introduce the Recall This Message feature to delete a sent email before recipients reading it in Outlook. Please do as follows: 1. In the Mail view, click to open the Sent Items folder, and then double click to open the sent email you want to delete. In the opening Message window, please click Message Actions Recall This.
  2. The user from whom you are recalling the message must be using Outlook for Windows, and have Outlook open at the time of recall. Recipients using Outlook Web Access, Outlook for Mac, or a mobile device will not have their message recalled. To recall a message using Outlook for Windows, perform the following steps: Open the message you wish to.
  3. Instructions in this article apply to Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, and 2010, as well as Outlook for Microsoft 365, Outlook for Mac, and Outlook Online. When you want to resend an email in Outlook, use an existing message as the starting point for a new one.
  4. Our enterprise e-mail and calendaring is running on Exchange 2010 and we have thousands of Mac users with Outlook 2011 and a thousand Linux users that use OWA to access their mailbox. Is it possible to recall a message using Outlook 2011 or OWA on Exchange 2010? I have reviewed these but they seem to apply to earlier clients and server versions.

In today's video, we will show you how to recall an email in Microsoft Outlook 2019. Open Outlook app. Select 'Sent Mail' from the left side menu.

© Jacob Lund/Shutterstock Outlook's recall feature lets you recompose a message and resend or completely delete the old email. Jacob Lund/Shutterstock
  • You can recall an email message in Outlook Exchange if the recipient has yet to open it.
  • To recall a message in Outlook, you'll need to access the Actions menu from the 'Message' tab after locating the message you want to recall in your Sent Items folder.
  • You cannot recall a message in Outlook on the web.
  • Only certain Microsoft Outlook accounts have the ability to recall a message after it has been sent.
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Having the ability to un-send an email is undoubtedly one of the best advancements in digital mailing. And like several other email clients, Microsoft Outlook offers this through its recall feature.

Message recall allows you to retrieve a message you've already sent from the recipients' mailbox if they haven't already opened the email yet. It's perfect for when you've accidentally spelled someone's name wrong or forgot to attach your attachment.

Recall An Email In Outlook For Mac

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Unfortunately, it isn't the most user-friendly. To recall an email in Outlook, both the sender and the recipient need to be Outlook email client users on an Exchange server, along with several other restrictions. So if you aren't both using Outlook, the feature isn't functional.

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If these conditions apply to you, a workaround is to enter your settings and adjust the delay time on your email, so that Outlook performs a several-second pause before sending an email that you might want to reconsider.

For those who can use recall for an Outlook message, here's how to do it.

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How to recall a message in Outlook

1. Click on the 'Sent Items' folder in your inbox's left sidebar.

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2. Select the message you plan to recall.

3. Click the 'Message' at the top of your message window.

4. Choose 'Actions' from the dropdown.

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5. Click 'Recall This Message.'

© Office.com You can also edit the message or resend it from this menu. Office.com

Recall A Message In Outlook For Mac

6. A window will appear with recall options. Select 'Delete unread copies of this message' or 'Delete unread copies and replace with a new message.'

7. Hit 'OK.'

8. If you opted to 'replace with a new message,' compose your new message before clicking 'Send.'

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