diff --git a/google-cloud-storage-control/samples/acceptance/storage_control_folders_test.rb b/google-cloud-storage-control/samples/acceptance/storage_control_folders_test.rb
index fa4ca9f223b0..bb297193690e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage-control/samples/acceptance/storage_control_folders_test.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-storage-control/samples/acceptance/storage_control_folders_test.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 require_relative "../storage_control_list_folders"
 require_relative "../storage_control_rename_folder"
 require_relative "../storage_control_delete_folder"
+require_relative "../storage_control_delete_folder_recursive"
 
 describe "Storage Control Folders" do
   let(:bucket_name) { random_bucket_name }
@@ -64,5 +65,33 @@
     assert_output "Deleted folder: #{new_folder_name}\n" do
       delete_folder bucket_name: bucket_name, folder_name: new_folder_name
     end
+
+    # create parent folder for recursive delete
+    capture_io do
+      create_folder bucket_name: bucket_name, folder_name: folder_name
+    end
+
+    # create a child folder inside parent folder
+    child_folder_name = "#{folder_name}/child-folder"
+    capture_io do
+      create_folder bucket_name: bucket_name, folder_name: child_folder_name
+    end
+
+    # delete parent folder recursively
+    begin
+      assert_output "Deleted folder recursively: #{folder_name}\n" do
+        delete_folder_recursive bucket_name: bucket_name, folder_name: folder_name
+      end
+    rescue Minitest::UnexpectedError => e
+      is_invalid_arg = e.error.is_a? Google::Cloud::InvalidArgumentError
+      is_not_enabled = e.error.message.include? "Recursive folder delete is not enabled for this bucket"
+      raise e unless is_invalid_arg && is_not_enabled
+
+      skip "Skipping recursive delete test because the feature is not enabled for this bucket."
+    rescue Google::Cloud::InvalidArgumentError => e
+      raise e unless e.message.include? "Recursive folder delete is not enabled for this bucket"
+
+      skip "Skipping recursive delete test because the feature is not enabled for this bucket."
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage-control/samples/storage_control_delete_folder_recursive.rb b/google-cloud-storage-control/samples/storage_control_delete_folder_recursive.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ebeee124ab08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-cloud-storage-control/samples/storage_control_delete_folder_recursive.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# 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.
+
+# [START storage_control_delete_folder_recursive]
+def delete_folder_recursive bucket_name:, folder_name:
+  # The ID of your GCS bucket
+  # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name"
+  #
+  # Name of the folder you want to delete recursively
+  # folder_name = "name-of-the-folder"
+
+  require "google/cloud/storage/control"
+
+  storage_control = Google::Cloud::Storage::Control.storage_control
+
+  # The storage folder path uses the global access pattern, in which the "_"
+  # denotes this bucket exists in the global namespace.
+  folder_path = storage_control.folder_path project: "_", bucket: bucket_name, folder: folder_name
+
+  request = Google::Cloud::Storage::Control::V2::DeleteFolderRecursiveRequest.new name: folder_path
+
+  result = storage_control.delete_folder_recursive request
+  result.wait_until_done! timeout: 60
+
+  puts "Deleted folder recursively: #{folder_name}"
+end
+# [END storage_control_delete_folder_recursive]
+
+delete_folder_recursive bucket_name: ARGV.shift if $PROGRAM_NAME == __FILE__
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/service.rb b/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/service.rb
index fd87490a5c62..fdca61b76bfc 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/service.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/lib/google/cloud/storage/service.rb
@@ -1044,3 +1044,71 @@ def retry? query_params
     end
   end
 end
+
+# rubocop:disable all
+
+# @private
+module Google
+  module Apis
+    module Core
+      class StorageDownloadCommand < DownloadCommand
+        # Monkey patch to skip writing chunk and updating offset on error status codes (status >= 300)
+        def execute_once(client, &block)
+          request_header = header.dup
+          apply_request_options(request_header)
+          download_offset = nil
+
+          if @offset > 0
+            logger.debug { sprintf('Resuming download from offset %d', @offset) }
+            request_header[RANGE_HEADER] = sprintf('bytes=%d-', @offset)
+          end
+
+          http_res = client.get(url.to_s, query, request_header) do |request|
+            request.options.on_data = proc do |chunk, _size, res|
+              status = res ? res.status.to_i : 200
+              next if chunk.nil? || status >= 300
+
+              download_offset ||= (status == 206 ? @offset : 0)
+              download_offset  += chunk.bytesize
+
+              if download_offset - chunk.bytesize == @offset
+                next_chunk = chunk
+              else
+                # Oh no! Requested a chunk, but received the entire content
+                chunk_index = @offset - (download_offset - chunk.bytesize)
+                next_chunk = chunk.byteslice(chunk_index..-1)
+                next if next_chunk.nil?
+              end
+
+              # logger.debug { sprintf('Writing chunk (%d bytes, %d total)', chunk.length, bytes_read) }
+              @download_io.write(next_chunk)
+
+              @offset += next_chunk.bytesize
+            end
+          end
+
+          @download_io.flush if @download_io.respond_to?(:flush)
+
+          if @close_io_on_finish
+            result = nil
+          else
+            result = @download_io
+          end
+          check_status(http_res.status.to_i, http_res.headers, http_res.body)
+          # In case of file download in storage, we need to respond back with
+          # the http response object along with the result IO object, because
+          # google-cloud-storage uses the HTTP info.
+          # Also, older versions of google-cloud-storage assume this object
+          # conforms to the old httpclient response API instead of the Faraday
+          # response API. Return a subclass that provides the needed methods.
+          http_res = Core::Response.new http_res.env
+          success([result, http_res], &block)
+        rescue => e
+          @download_io.flush if @download_io.respond_to?(:flush)
+          error(e, rethrow: true, &block)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+# rubocop:enable all