diff --git a/commit_msg.txt b/commit_msg.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7b75b8214f9d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commit_msg.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+feat(c++): add deleteFolderRecursive sample
+
+This adds a sample demonstrating how to recursively delete a folder in a hierarchical namespace bucket.
+
+Fixes: b/521168740
diff --git a/google/cloud/storagecontrol/v2/samples/storage_control_folder_samples.cc b/google/cloud/storagecontrol/v2/samples/storage_control_folder_samples.cc
index 43e8050f65f4c..00b29b56a0bc4 100644
--- a/google/cloud/storagecontrol/v2/samples/storage_control_folder_samples.cc
+++ b/google/cloud/storagecontrol/v2/samples/storage_control_folder_samples.cc
@@ -76,6 +76,25 @@ void DeleteFolder(google::cloud::storagecontrol_v2::StorageControlClient client,
   (std::move(client), argv.at(0), argv.at(1));
 }
 
+void DeleteFolderRecursive(
+    google::cloud::storagecontrol_v2::StorageControlClient client,
+    std::vector<std::string> const& argv) {
+  // [START storage_control_delete_folder_recursive]
+  namespace storagecontrol = google::cloud::storagecontrol_v2;
+  [](storagecontrol::StorageControlClient client,
+     std::string const& bucket_name, std::string const& folder_id) {
+    // Set project to "_" to signify globally scoped bucket
+    auto const name = std::string{"projects/_/buckets/"} + bucket_name +
+                      "/folders/" + folder_id;
+    auto deleted = client.DeleteFolderRecursive(name).get();
+    if (!deleted) throw std::move(deleted).status();
+
+    std::cout << "Deleted folder: " << name << "\n";
+  }
+  // [END storage_control_delete_folder_recursive]
+  (std::move(client), argv.at(0), argv.at(1));
+}
+
 void GetFolder(google::cloud::storagecontrol_v2::StorageControlClient client,
                std::vector<std::string> const& argv) {
   // [START storage_control_get_folder]
@@ -176,6 +195,11 @@ void AutoRun(std::vector<std::string> const& argv) {
 
   std::cout << "\nRunning DeleteFolder() example" << std::endl;
   DeleteFolder(client, {bucket_name, dest_folder_id});
+
+  std::cout << "\nRunning DeleteFolderRecursive() example" << std::endl;
+  CreateFolder(client, {bucket_name, folder_id});
+  CreateFolder(client, {bucket_name, folder_id + "/subfolder"});
+  DeleteFolderRecursive(client, {bucket_name, folder_id});
 }
 
 }  // namespace
@@ -207,6 +231,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {  // NOLINT(bugprone-exception-escape)
   Example example({
       make_entry("create-folder", {"bucket-name", "folder-id"}, CreateFolder),
       make_entry("delete-folder", {"bucket-name", "folder-id"}, DeleteFolder),
+      make_entry("delete-folder-recursive", {"bucket-name", "folder-id"},
+                 DeleteFolderRecursive),
       make_entry("get-folder", {"bucket-name", "folder-id"}, GetFolder),
       make_entry("list-folders", {"bucket-name"}, ListFolders),
       make_entry("rename-folder",