opts, err = getOpts(ctx, r, bucket, object)
	if err != nil {
		return opts, err
	}

	deletePrefix := false
	if d := r.Header.Get(xhttp.MinIOForceDelete); d != "" {
		if b, err := strconv.ParseBool(d); err == nil {
			deletePrefix = b
		} else {
			return opts, err
		}
	}

	opts.DeletePrefix = deletePrefix
	opts.Versioned = globalBucketVersioningSys.PrefixEnabled(bucket, object)

				Recursive: true,
			})
		}, index)
	}

	return reduceWriteQuorumErrs(ctx, g.Wait(), objectOpIgnoredErrs, writeQuorum)
}

func (er erasureObjects) deletePrefix(ctx context.Context, bucket, prefix string) error {
	disks := er.getDisks()
	// Assume (N/2 + 1) quorum for Delete()
	// this is a theoretical assumption such that
	// for delete's we do not need to honor storage

	ReplicationSourceLegalholdTimestamp time.Time // set if MinIOSourceObjectLegalholdTimestamp received
	ReplicationSourceRetentionTimestamp time.Time // set if MinIOSourceObjectRetentionTimestamp received
	DeletePrefix                        bool      // set true to enforce a prefix deletion, only application for DeleteObject API,

				stopFn := globalRebalanceMetrics.log(rebalanceMetricRebalanceRemoveObject, poolIdx, bucket, entry.name)
				_, err := set.DeleteObject(ctx,
					bucket,
					encodeDirObject(entry.name),
					ObjectOptions{
						DeletePrefix:       true, // use prefix delete to delete all versions at once.
						DeletePrefixObject: true, // use prefix delete on exact object (this is an optimization to avoid fan-out calls)
						NoAuditLog:         true,
					},

	if err != nil {
		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL)
		return
	}

	rcfg, _ := globalBucketObjectLockSys.Get(bucket)
	if rcfg.LockEnabled && opts.DeletePrefix {
		apiErr := toAPIError(ctx, errInvalidArgument)
		apiErr.Description = "force-delete is forbidden on Object Locking enabled buckets"
		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, apiErr, r.URL)
		return
	}