diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/DatabaseBackend.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/DatabaseBackend.php
index e1f57a51868..dedb6724d7a 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/DatabaseBackend.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/DatabaseBackend.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use Drupal\Core\Database\Connection;
 /**
  * Defines the database flood backend. This is the default Drupal backend.
  */
-class DatabaseBackend implements FloodInterface {
+class DatabaseBackend implements FloodInterface, PrefixFloodInterface {
 
   /**
    * The database table name.
@@ -107,6 +107,21 @@ class DatabaseBackend implements FloodInterface {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function clearByPrefix(string $name, string $prefix): void {
+    try {
+      $this->connection->delete(static::TABLE_NAME)
+        ->condition('event', $name)
+        ->condition('identifier', $prefix . '-%', 'LIKE')
+        ->execute();
+    }
+    catch (\Exception $e) {
+      $this->catchException($e);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/FloodInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/FloodInterface.php
index fd98398fea8..9f3539fc4f4 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/FloodInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/FloodInterface.php
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ interface FloodInterface {
    *   table from growing indefinitely.
    * @param string $identifier
    *   (optional) Unique identifier of the current user. Defaults to the current
-   *   user's IP address).
+   *   user's IP address. The identifier can be given an additional prefix
+   *   separated by "-". Flood backends may then optionally implement the
+   *   PrefixFloodInterface which allows all flood events that share the same
+   *   prefix to be cleared simultaneously.
    */
   public function register($name, $window = 3600, $identifier = NULL);
 
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/MemoryBackend.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/MemoryBackend.php
index 062471b3db8..29d13468eba 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/MemoryBackend.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/MemoryBackend.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack;
 /**
  * Defines the memory flood backend. This is used for testing.
  */
-class MemoryBackend implements FloodInterface {
+class MemoryBackend implements FloodInterface, PrefixFloodInterface {
 
   /**
    * The request stack.
@@ -54,6 +54,20 @@ class MemoryBackend implements FloodInterface {
     unset($this->events[$name][$identifier]);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function clearByPrefix(string $name, string $prefix): void {
+    foreach ($this->events as $event_name => $identifier) {
+      $identifier_key = key($identifier);
+      $identifier_parts = explode("-", $identifier_key);
+      $identifier_prefix = reset($identifier_parts);
+      if ($prefix == $identifier_prefix && $name == $event_name) {
+        unset($this->events[$event_name][$identifier_key]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/PrefixFloodInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/PrefixFloodInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3732cc3cc17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Flood/PrefixFloodInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Flood;
+
+/**
+ * Defines an interface for flood controllers that clear by identifier prefix.
+ */
+interface PrefixFloodInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Makes the flood control mechanism forget an event by identifier prefix.
+   *
+   * @param string $name
+   *   The name of an event.
+   * @param string $prefix
+   *   The prefix of the identifier to be cleared.
+   */
+  public function clearByPrefix(string $name, string $prefix): void;
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/System/FloodTest.php b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/System/FloodTest.php
index 97b78aa974e..913acabec42 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/System/FloodTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/src/Kernel/System/FloodTest.php
@@ -115,4 +115,41 @@ class FloodTest extends KernelTestBase {
     $this->assertFalse($flood->isAllowed($name, $threshold));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Provides an array of backends for testClearByPrefix.
+   */
+  public function floodBackendProvider() :array {
+    $request_stack = \Drupal::service('request_stack');
+    $connection = \Drupal::service('database');
+
+    return [
+      new MemoryBackend($request_stack),
+      new DatabaseBackend($connection, $request_stack),
+    ];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests clearByPrefix method on flood backends.
+   */
+  public function testClearByPrefix() {
+    $threshold = 1;
+    $window_expired = 3600;
+    $identifier = 'prefix-127.0.0.1';
+    $name = 'flood_test_cleanup';
+
+    // We can't use an PHPUnit data provider because we need access to the
+    // container.
+    $backends = $this->floodBackendProvider();
+
+    foreach ($backends as $backend) {
+      // Register unexpired event.
+      $backend->register($name, $window_expired, $identifier);
+      // Verify event is not allowed.
+      $this->assertFalse($backend->isAllowed($name, $threshold, $window_expired, $identifier));
+      // Clear by prefix and verify event is now allowed.
+      $backend->clearByPrefix($name, 'prefix');
+      $this->assertTrue($backend->isAllowed($name, $threshold));
+    }
+  }
+
 }