# Ways to retract an initial PM?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/ways-to-retract-an-initial-pm/29984>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [14 Junho , 2015 05:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ways-to-retract-an-initial-pm/29984 "2015-06-14T05:21:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [14 Junho , 2015 09:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ways-to-retract-an-initial-pm/29984/2 "2015-06-14T09:45:10Z")

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If the admin deletes the PM before the recipient reads it, this will work. But it requires the admin to be aware of it and take action quickly (depending, of course, how often the recipient visits, checks their email, etc).

And yeah the email notification, which includes the content of the PM, will probably go out within 5 mins of the PM being sent, so that ship has basically sailed..

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