When you click the send button, this email will remain in your inbox until the specified time.
It is possible to delay the delivery of a single email which can be useful if you want to tailor the delay based on the recipient or content.
And to help you out, we explain step by step how to do just that below. We recommend that every professional adds a delay to their email to avoid these kinds of situations. While this feature is by no means a secret, in our experience it is rarely used. The delay email feature adds a delay between clicking the send button and actually delivering the mail, allowing you enough time to cancel the message. Luckily, Microsoft Outlook includes a feature which can help you avoid these situations. Maybe you have sent the mail to the wrong John Smith, accidentally cc’d in the client you are discussing or just realised that the email was a bad idea in the first place. At some point or another, almost all of us have felt the pang of regret after hitting the send button without delay.
