Undo certain Gmail actions in your mobile browser
Monday, April 18, 2011 | 4:21 PM
Sometimes when I’m using Gmail on my phone, I delete a message by mistake or label it incorrectly. Sure I can fish the message out of my Trash or remove the label and apply the correct one, but that takes several steps. Even just a few seconds is usually enough time to catch those annoying mistakes.
Now when you use the Gmail mobile web app, you’ll have a small window of opportunity to undo four key actions: archive, delete, add or remove a label, or move a message/conversation.
When you take one of these actions, Gmail displays a yellow bar that recaps what you just did and allows you to undo it:
This bar stays in position even if you move to another screen (e.g. moving to ‘Menu’ from ‘Inbox’). If you don’t happen to catch your mistake in time, not to worry: all four actions can still be undone through other means (e.g. you can move a message from Trash back into your Inbox).
Try it out at gmail.com in the browser of your Android or iOS device.
Update: 9:09am Pacific time 4/19/11 - This update is available for phones running Android or iOS, but not tablet devices with the two-pane Gmail UI. It is also now available for BlackBerry OS 6.0 phones.
Labels: gmail, gmail for mobile, Mobile Blog
23 comments:
Unknown said...
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 18, 2011 at 4:32 PM
Unknown said...
Awesome! Thank you, was waiting for this for a very long time. It works great on a PlayBook too!
April 18, 2011 at 4:47 PM
Francisque said...
Thanks but.. When are we getting the button "Select All" to delete all the mails and not one by one.. ? If possible yet tell Mr how please!
Thank you for the work you provides us =)
April 18, 2011 at 4:49 PM
Kyle said...
Whoa, don't forget, at the bottom you can say that it works on a Blackberry too. People are always looking for reasons to say that Blackberrys just don't have the same capability, but it works the same way on my Blackberry at gmail.com on the mobile browser. Lets throw that in there too. ;)
April 18, 2011 at 5:20 PM
Leif said...
Would be great to be able to undo "send" too. It's probably happened half a dozen times that I was typing away and reached for the P key and it interpretted it as hitting the [Send] button which is directly above. Argh!!
April 18, 2011 at 6:27 PM
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Now I can do undo which not meant to be done. And now it will be easy for me to do these things. I am hoping for some beneficial aspects and apps.
April 18, 2011 at 8:49 PM
mikes said...
In what application do you use gmail on iPad?
April 18, 2011 at 9:20 PM
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April 19, 2011 at 12:39 AM
Unknown said...
That is nice.. BUT
i still use my HTC Touch hd, with windows mobile 6.1
and when i type www.gmail.com on opera it dosent work. (i only get a white screen.. on the page dosent finish to load.... i event tried on wifi..)
i have to login on i google and on another gmail page twice, and reload the page in order to have my inbox appears...
at the end is simpler to just use the messaging program installed on the phone and configure all on IMAP.
April 19, 2011 at 3:24 AM
Marcus Wellington said...
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April 19, 2011 at 5:07 AM
kamal said...
oooo, this is nice thank you google.
April 19, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Unknown said...
While I appreciate the undo, it seems odd that delete is so easy to get to? I never delete mail from gmail. I thought that was whole point of gmail and one of the selling features?
April 19, 2011 at 10:54 AM
Shaheen alyasi said...
oh this is nice
April 19, 2011 at 10:35 PM
Sana said...
wow, its cool. so many applications and the ways to use them is great.. just too good
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April 20, 2011 at 11:31 PM
Unknown said...
this works with the apple app right? on ipod/phone/pad? if so GREAT!
now if only send was undoable
April 21, 2011 at 12:13 PM
David D. Levine said...
This feature seems to have gone away as of 4/21 with the introduction of an entirely new UI on the iPhone.
April 21, 2011 at 6:48 PM
David D. Levine said...
And on 4/22 I have the old iPhone UI back.
April 22, 2011 at 1:25 PM
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April 23, 2011 at 4:48 AM
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April 24, 2011 at 2:11 AM
Juan said...
ass
April 24, 2011 at 9:19 PM
Unknown said...
PLEASE allow us to remove the "Watch Later" bar across the screen - it is always getting in the way!!!
April 26, 2011 at 8:03 AM
anne said...
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This column was really a lot of help on my iPhone. Well, good to have this app. I am expecting to have more this on your site.
April 26, 2011 at 5:31 PM
Anonymous said...
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April 26, 2011 at 11:58 PM
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