diff --git a/java-storage/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/control/v2/DeleteFolderRecursive.java b/java-storage/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/control/v2/DeleteFolderRecursive.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff65aa145412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-storage/samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/storage/control/v2/DeleteFolderRecursive.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package com.example.storage.control.v2;
+
+// [START storage_control_delete_folder_recursive]
+
+import com.google.storage.control.v2.DeleteFolderRecursiveRequest;
+import com.google.storage.control.v2.FolderName;
+import com.google.storage.control.v2.StorageControlClient;
+
+public final class DeleteFolderRecursive {
+
+  public static void deleteFolderRecursive(String bucketName, String folderName)
+      throws Exception {
+    // The name of the bucket
+    // String bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name";
+
+    // The name of the folder within the bucket
+    // String folderName = "your-unique-folder-name";
+
+    try (StorageControlClient storageControl = StorageControlClient.create()) {
+
+      // Set project to "_" to signify globally scoped bucket
+      String folderResourceName = FolderName.format("_", bucketName, folderName);
+      DeleteFolderRecursiveRequest request =
+          DeleteFolderRecursiveRequest.newBuilder().setName(folderResourceName).build();
+
+      storageControl.deleteFolderRecursiveAsync(request).get();
+
+      System.out.printf("Deleted folder recursively: %s%n", folderResourceName);
+    }
+  }
+}
+// [END storage_control_delete_folder_recursive]
diff --git a/java-storage/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/storage/control/v2/FoldersTest.java b/java-storage/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/storage/control/v2/FoldersTest.java
index a677614a9a7c..d3ae78252d05 100644
--- a/java-storage/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/storage/control/v2/FoldersTest.java
+++ b/java-storage/samples/snippets/src/test/java/com/example/storage/control/v2/FoldersTest.java
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ public void createFolder() throws IOException {
   @Test
   public void getFolder() throws IOException {
     FolderName folderName = FolderName.of("_", bucket.getName(), UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-    Folder gen1 =
-        storageControl.createFolder(
+    storageControl.createFolder(
             BucketName.of("_", bucket.getName()),
             Folder.getDefaultInstance(),
             folderName.getFolder());
@@ -106,8 +105,7 @@ public void getFolder() throws IOException {
   public void renameFolder()
       throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
     FolderName srcFolderName = FolderName.of("_", bucket.getName(), UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-    Folder gen1 =
-        storageControl.createFolder(
+    storageControl.createFolder(
             BucketName.of("_", bucket.getName()),
             Folder.getDefaultInstance(),
             srcFolderName.getFolder());
@@ -128,8 +126,7 @@ public void renameFolder()
   @Test
   public void deleteFolder() throws IOException {
     FolderName folderName = FolderName.of("_", bucket.getName(), UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-    Folder gen1 =
-        storageControl.createFolder(
+    storageControl.createFolder(
             BucketName.of("_", bucket.getName()),
             Folder.getDefaultInstance(),
             folderName.getFolder());
@@ -139,11 +136,23 @@ public void deleteFolder() throws IOException {
     assertThrows(NotFoundException.class, () -> storageControl.getFolder(folderName));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void deleteFolderRecursive() throws Exception {
+    FolderName folderName = FolderName.of("_", bucket.getName(), UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+    storageControl.createFolder(
+            BucketName.of("_", bucket.getName()),
+            Folder.getDefaultInstance(),
+            folderName.getFolder());
+
+    DeleteFolderRecursive.deleteFolderRecursive(bucket.getName(), folderName.getFolder());
+    assertThat(stdOut.getCapturedOutputAsUtf8String()).contains(folderName.toString());
+    assertThrows(NotFoundException.class, () -> storageControl.getFolder(folderName));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void listFolder() throws IOException {
     FolderName folderName = FolderName.of("_", bucket.getName(), UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-    Folder gen1 =
-        storageControl.createFolder(
+    storageControl.createFolder(
             BucketName.of("_", bucket.getName()),
             Folder.getDefaultInstance(),
             folderName.getFolder());