diff --git a/cmd/tier-handlers.go b/cmd/tier-handlers.go
index 3b794fc8b..8c8148749 100644
--- a/cmd/tier-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/tier-handlers.go
@@ -198,12 +198,14 @@ func (api adminAPIHandlers) RemoveTierHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Req
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	tier := vars["tier"]
+	force := r.Form.Get("force") == "true"
+
 	if err := globalTierConfigMgr.Reload(ctx, objAPI); err != nil {
 		writeErrorResponseJSON(ctx, w, toAdminAPIErr(ctx, err), r.URL)
 		return
 	}
 
-	if err := globalTierConfigMgr.Remove(ctx, tier); err != nil {
+	if err := globalTierConfigMgr.Remove(ctx, tier, force); err != nil {
 		writeErrorResponseJSON(ctx, w, toAdminAPIErr(ctx, err), r.URL)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/tier.go b/cmd/tier.go
index e7fd93d40..953a8d100 100644
--- a/cmd/tier.go
+++ b/cmd/tier.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func (config *TierConfigMgr) Add(ctx context.Context, tier madmin.TierConfig, ig
 }
 
 // Remove removes tier if it is empty.
-func (config *TierConfigMgr) Remove(ctx context.Context, tier string) error {
+func (config *TierConfigMgr) Remove(ctx context.Context, tier string, force bool) error {
 	d, err := config.getDriver(ctx, tier)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, errTierNotFound) {
@@ -256,10 +256,12 @@ func (config *TierConfigMgr) Remove(ctx context.Context, tier string) error {
 		}
 		return err
 	}
-	if inuse, err := d.InUse(ctx); err != nil {
-		return err
-	} else if inuse {
-		return errTierBackendNotEmpty
+	if !force {
+		if inuse, err := d.InUse(ctx); err != nil {
+			return err
+		} else if inuse {
+			return errTierBackendNotEmpty
+		}
 	}
 	config.Lock()
 	delete(config.Tiers, tier)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9342ae9dc..32e33191f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/colorjson v1.0.8 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/filepath v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/minio/mc v0.0.0-20240826104958-a55d9a8d17da // indirect
+	github.com/minio/mc v0.0.0-20240909075310-04c5116c9bdf // indirect
 	github.com/minio/md5-simd v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/pkg/v2 v2.0.19 // indirect
 	github.com/minio/websocket v1.6.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ecc0ef87b..7dc1a77bb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -428,8 +428,8 @@ github.com/minio/kms-go/kms v0.4.0 h1:cLPZceEp+05xHotVBaeFJrgL7JcXM4lBy6PU0idkE7
 github.com/minio/kms-go/kms v0.4.0/go.mod h1:q12CehiIy2qgBnDKq6Q7wmPi2PHSyRVug5DKp0HAVeE=
 github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3 v3.0.66 h1:O4w7L3vTxhORqTeyegFdbuO4kKVbAUarJfcmsDXQMTs=
 github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3 v3.0.66/go.mod h1:IFAwr0XMrdsLovxAdCcuq/eoL4nRuMVQQv0iubJANQw=
-github.com/minio/mc v0.0.0-20240826104958-a55d9a8d17da h1:/JNoAwFPhCG0hUkc9k/wUlzMUO7tA9WLIoWgqQjYph4=
-github.com/minio/mc v0.0.0-20240826104958-a55d9a8d17da/go.mod h1:g/LyYpzVUVY+ZxfIDtzigg+L3NjAn88EBsLAkFvo+M0=
+github.com/minio/mc v0.0.0-20240909075310-04c5116c9bdf h1:Cn1gRAcNMK9G+eVODrOxuGdVcbWbjrN26B94nfVU4Xk=
+github.com/minio/mc v0.0.0-20240909075310-04c5116c9bdf/go.mod h1:Hh9MpphHGwUDB4BAUbWMF8BMfk3/6IzXcrHumrXTr0I=
 github.com/minio/md5-simd v1.1.2 h1:Gdi1DZK69+ZVMoNHRXJyNcxrMA4dSxoYHZSQbirFg34=
 github.com/minio/md5-simd v1.1.2/go.mod h1:MzdKDxYpY2BT9XQFocsiZf/NKVtR7nkE4RoEpN+20RM=
 github.com/minio/minio-go/v6 v6.0.46/go.mod h1:qD0lajrGW49lKZLtXKtCB4X/qkMf0a5tBvN2PaZg7Gg=