The Early Show

Google's "Oh, Shoot" Button

March 23, 2009 / 12:46 PM EDT / CBS

Google is releasing a new feature that lets you take back e-mails you wish you hadn't sent.

CNET-TV Senior Editor Natali Del Conte discussed Google's "undo send" feature, with Early Show co-anchors Maggie Rodriguez and Harry Smith.

"It's called 'undo send.' It's a button. But internally Google employees call it the 'Oh, shoot' button. To prove how much it's needed, we found some horror stories," Del Conte explained.

"I was actually e-mailing my boyfriend, but I actually sent it to my mom by accident. Yeah, you know, I kind of got in trouble for that," said Paige Murray.

"It really sucks because you can't take it back. And once you send it, that's it," said Thurman Hargrave.

"In the heat of the moment, you kind of click send before you really think about it. Yes, I would love to unsend some messages," said Gina Pantina.

"With this new feature you only have five seconds to unsend an e-mail after you push send. Google did tests and found that five seconds was enough to realize you accidentally replied to all or e-mailed the wrong person or perhaps did not want to confess your love to someone after all," Del Conte said.

Del Conte demonstrated how to enable the greatly needed feature, which could save many from getting in trouble when they click send.

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