How To Delete Sent Mail In Gmail For Everyone?

You cannot delete a sent Gmail message from the recipient’s inbox for everyone after it has been delivered

You can only use Undo Send within the short cancellation period after sending

To use Undo Send, click Undo in the bottom-left corner immediately after sending

To increase the Undo Send time, go to Gmail Settings

Open See all settings

In the General tab, find Undo Send

Set the cancellation period to 5, 10, 20, or 30 seconds

Save Changes

If the message was already sent and the Undo period passed, you cannot remove it from the recipient’s mailbox

You can delete the email from your Sent folder only

You can ask the recipient to delete the message

If the email was sent from a work or school Google Workspace account, an administrator may have additional controls in some cases

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