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Cancelling Auto-Forward, Send Mail Alias and Mail Delegation permissions in Gmail

This article is intended to assist Gmail users who have previously set up or allowed (a) Forwarding, (b) "Send mail" alias and (c) Mail delegation setup with another email address that they now want to cancel but are unable to.  There are two common approaches to cancelling such setups. From the account where the set-up occurs. From the account that allows the set-up. For the screenshots, I have used two Gmail addresses, one s*****@gmail.com and the other t*****@gmail.com.  Note: This article does not contain steps to set up Email Auto-Forwarding, "Send Mail as" Aliases, or Mail Delegation. It only highlights how to cancel such setups from both accounts. Case 1: t*****@gmail.com auto-forwards its emails to s*****@gmail.com How things are set up: When auto-forwarding is set up, Gmail sends a forwarding confirmation email to the destination address, in this case,  s*****@gmail.com.  After the confirmation link is clicked, the destination address is shown as the Forwa...