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Undo a draw offer

I accidentally offered a draw in a correspondence game. Is there a way to undo this?

There should never be a way to undo a draw offer! Its against the rules of chess!
Such an option was on Lichess before, but luckly they have fixed it.
There is nothing to explain. When you propose a draw you can not just change your mind. Opponent might either accept it or decline it, but anyway he spends some time to consider your offer which distracts him from a game. This is the same like no takebacks allowed in "real" chess.
In real chess there is no button were I can click on accidentally.
But i see, you never have played a correspondence game....
Then you should take more care not to click that button accidentally. And yes, I do not play correspondence.
A confirmation dialog box is better alternative then. Undoing a draw offer is against the rules.
@MoiRon You can undo the draw offer by resigning the game before your opponent accepts or declines the draw.

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