diff --git a/storagecontrol/composer.json b/storagecontrol/composer.json
index 46deccbf4c..c2e2a38fcb 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": "^1.7.0"
     },
     "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..ad1c98ccb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storagecontrol/src/delete_folder_recursive.php
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<?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 and its contents 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()) {
+        printf('Deleted folder: %s', $folderName);
+    } else {
+        $error = $operation->getError();
+        printf('Failed to delete folder: %s', $error ? $error->getMessage() : 'Unknown error');
+    }
+}
+# [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..b40fe69f36 100644
--- a/storagecontrol/test/StorageControlTest.php
+++ b/storagecontrol/test/StorageControlTest.php
@@ -206,4 +206,22 @@ public function testDeleteFolder()
             $output
         );
     }
+
+    public function testDeleteFolderRecursive()
+    {
+        $recursiveFolderId = time() . rand();
+
+        $this->runFunctionSnippet('create_folder', [
+            self::$sourceBucket->name(), $recursiveFolderId
+        ]);
+
+        $output = $this->runFunctionSnippet('delete_folder_recursive', [
+            self::$sourceBucket->name(), $recursiveFolderId
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(
+            sprintf('Deleted folder: %s', $recursiveFolderId),
+            $output
+        );
+    }
 }