diff --git a/storagecontrol/composer.json b/storagecontrol/composer.json
index 46deccbf4c..76be4bb14f 100644
--- a/storagecontrol/composer.json
+++ b/storagecontrol/composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "require": {
-        "google/cloud-storage-control": "1.6.1"
+        "google/cloud-storage-control": "^1.9"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "google/cloud-storage": "^1.48.1"
diff --git a/storagecontrol/src/delete_folder_recursive.php b/storagecontrol/src/delete_folder_recursive.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02475d24bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storagecontrol/src/delete_folder_recursive.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * For instructions on how to run the full sample:
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/php-docs-samples/tree/main/storagecontrol/README.md
+ */
+
+namespace Google\Cloud\Samples\StorageControl;
+
+# [START storage_control_delete_folder_recursive]
+use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\Client\StorageControlClient;
+use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\DeleteFolderRecursiveRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Delete a folder recursively in an existing bucket.
+ *
+ * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket.
+ *        (e.g. 'my-bucket')
+ * @param string $folderName The name of your folder inside the bucket.
+ *        (e.g. 'my-folder')
+ */
+function delete_folder_recursive(string $bucketName, string $folderName): void
+{
+    $storageControlClient = new StorageControlClient();
+
+    // Set project to "_" to signify global bucket
+    $formattedName = $storageControlClient->folderName('_', $bucketName, $folderName);
+
+    $request = new DeleteFolderRecursiveRequest([
+        'name' => $formattedName,
+    ]);
+
+    $operation = $storageControlClient->deleteFolderRecursive($request);
+    $operation->pollUntilComplete();
+    if (!$operation->operationSucceeded()) {
+        $error = $operation->getError();
+        throw new \Exception(sprintf(
+            'DeleteFolderRecursive operation failed: %s',
+            $error ? $error->getMessage() : 'Unknown error'
+        ));
+    }
+
+    printf('Deleted folder recursively: %s', $folderName);
+}
+# [END storage_control_delete_folder_recursive]
+
+// The following 2 lines are only needed to run the samples
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../testing/sample_helpers.php';
+\Google\Cloud\Samples\execute_sample(__FILE__, __NAMESPACE__, $argv);
diff --git a/storagecontrol/test/StorageControlTest.php b/storagecontrol/test/StorageControlTest.php
index f32230e9d1..ae5fc7ee56 100644
--- a/storagecontrol/test/StorageControlTest.php
+++ b/storagecontrol/test/StorageControlTest.php
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@
 
 namespace Google\Cloud\Samples\StorageControl;
 
+use Google\ApiCore\ApiException;
 use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\Client\StorageControlClient;
+use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\CreateFolderRequest;
+use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\GetFolderRequest;
 use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;
 use Google\Cloud\TestUtils\TestTrait;
+use Google\Cloud\TestUtils\EventuallyConsistentTestTrait;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 /**
@@ -28,6 +32,7 @@
 class StorageControlTest extends TestCase
 {
     use TestTrait;
+    use EventuallyConsistentTestTrait;
 
     private static $sourceBucket;
     private static $folderId;
@@ -206,4 +211,67 @@ public function testDeleteFolder()
             $output
         );
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @depends testDeleteFolder
+     */
+    public function testDeleteFolderRecursive()
+    {
+        $parentFolderId = 'test-parent-' . time() . rand();
+        $childFolderId = $parentFolderId . '/test-child-' . time() . rand();
+
+        $bucketName = self::$sourceBucket->name();
+        $bucketResourceName = self::$storageControlClient->bucketName('_', $bucketName);
+
+        // Create parent folder
+        $createParentRequest = new CreateFolderRequest([
+            'parent' => $bucketResourceName,
+            'folder_id' => $parentFolderId,
+        ]);
+        self::$storageControlClient->createFolder($createParentRequest);
+
+        // Create child folder
+        $createChildRequest = new CreateFolderRequest([
+            'parent' => $bucketResourceName,
+            'folder_id' => $childFolderId,
+        ]);
+        self::$storageControlClient->createFolder($createChildRequest);
+
+        // Call the delete folder recursive snippet
+        $output = $this->runFunctionSnippet('delete_folder_recursive', [
+            $bucketName, $parentFolderId
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(
+            sprintf('Deleted folder recursively: %s', $parentFolderId),
+            $output
+        );
+
+        // Verify folder and child folder are gone by trying to get them
+        $formattedParentName = self::$storageControlClient->folderName('_', $bucketName, $parentFolderId);
+        $getParentRequest = new GetFolderRequest([
+            'name' => $formattedParentName,
+        ]);
+
+        $formattedChildName = self::$storageControlClient->folderName('_', $bucketName, $childFolderId);
+        $getChildRequest = new GetFolderRequest([
+            'name' => $formattedChildName,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->runEventuallyConsistentTest(function () use ($getParentRequest, $getChildRequest) {
+            try {
+                self::$storageControlClient->getFolder($getParentRequest);
+                $this->fail('Expected getFolder to throw ApiException for deleted folder');
+            } catch (ApiException $e) {
+                $this->assertEquals(404, $e->getCode());
+            }
+
+            try {
+                self::$storageControlClient->getFolder($getChildRequest);
+                $this->fail('Expected getFolder to throw ApiException for deleted child folder');
+            } catch (ApiException $e) {
+                $this->assertEquals(404, $e->getCode());
+            }
+        });
+    }
 }