How to Recall an Email in Outlook 2010

The Microsoft Outlook is the first Desktop Email Client which provides you with the new feature to Recall or Unsent a sent message in case you just mistakenly sent the important documents or sent the mail without an important attachment to the recipient.

But this feature does not work if the sender and the receiver do not work on the same server . Also they should work on the Exchange server only to use this unique feature of outlook.

Steps to Recall An Email In Outlook 2010

Step 1: Open your Microsoft Outlook 2010 on your computer.

 

Step 2:  In order to recall the messages, click on “Sent Items” on the left navigation panel.

 

Step 3: Select the message which you want to recall and open it by double clicking it.

 

Step 4: A new E-mail page will open then, click on “File” tab at the top left corner.

 

Step 5: Click on “Info” option on the left panel as shown in the image.

 

Step 6: You will see many options on the right side. Select “Message Resend and Recall” option. You will find more options in the drop down list.

Click on “Recall This Message”.

 

Step 7: You will find two options. Either you can select ” Delete unread copies of this message” or “Delete unread copies and replace with a new message”.

If you want to get the message whether your recall succeeds or fails for each recipient, check the box just below the two options. If not then uncheck that box and click  “OK”

 

Step 8: You have to rewrite the message if you have selected “Delete unread copies and replace with a new message” and send the message again.

 

Step 9: To check whether your recall action was successful or not, click on the previous message which you have selected to recall.

You will find the message like “You attempted to recall this message on Wednesday, October 08, 2014 10:14 AM” on the top of the screen.