diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManager.kt
index 68b1e49b98e1..6201f0439ecd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManager.kt
@@ -173,4 +173,5 @@ interface BackgroundJobManager {
     fun startOfflineOperations()
     fun startPeriodicallyOfflineOperation()
     fun scheduleInternal2WaySync(intervalMinutes: Long)
+    fun cancelAllFilesDownloadJobs()
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManagerImpl.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManagerImpl.kt
index c208932d9686..076c60916137 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManagerImpl.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/jobs/BackgroundJobManagerImpl.kt
@@ -507,6 +507,10 @@ internal class BackgroundJobManagerImpl(
         workManager.cancelJob(JOB_INTERNAL_TWO_WAY_SYNC)
     }
 
+    override fun cancelAllFilesDownloadJobs() {
+        workManager.cancelAllWorkByTag(formatClassTag(FileDownloadWorker::class))
+    }
+
     override fun scheduleOfflineSync() {
         val constrains = Constraints.Builder()
             .setRequiredNetworkType(NetworkType.UNMETERED)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/preferences/AppPreferences.java b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/preferences/AppPreferences.java
index 68c49eb4bedd..da116d53bfc5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/preferences/AppPreferences.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/preferences/AppPreferences.java
@@ -397,4 +397,7 @@ default void onDarkThemeModeChanged(DarkMode mode) {
 
     void setTwoWaySyncInterval(Long value);
     Long getTwoWaySyncInterval();
+
+    boolean shouldStopDownloadJobsOnStart();
+    void setStopDownloadJobsOnStart(boolean value);
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/preferences/AppPreferencesImpl.java b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/preferences/AppPreferencesImpl.java
index 50ee37e3f6c0..a20fd40be35a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/preferences/AppPreferencesImpl.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/client/preferences/AppPreferencesImpl.java
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ public final class AppPreferencesImpl implements AppPreferences {
     private static final String PREF__TWO_WAY_STATUS = "two_way_sync_status";
     private static final String PREF__TWO_WAY_SYNC_INTERVAL = "two_way_sync_interval";
 
+    private static final String PREF__STOP_DOWNLOAD_JOBS_ON_START = "stop_download_jobs_on_start";
+
     private static final String LOG_ENTRY = "log_entry";
 
     private final Context context;
@@ -812,4 +814,14 @@ public void setTwoWaySyncInterval(Long value) {
     public Long getTwoWaySyncInterval() {
         return preferences.getLong(PREF__TWO_WAY_SYNC_INTERVAL, 15L);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean shouldStopDownloadJobsOnStart() {
+        return preferences.getBoolean(PREF__STOP_DOWNLOAD_JOBS_ON_START, true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setStopDownloadJobsOnStart(boolean value) {
+        preferences.edit().putBoolean(PREF__STOP_DOWNLOAD_JOBS_ON_START, value).apply();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/MainApp.java b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/MainApp.java
index b0a44d1e44bd..08b52ea77671 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/MainApp.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/MainApp.java
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ public void onCreate() {
 
         fixStoragePath();
 
+        checkCancelDownloadJobs();
+
         MainApp.storagePath = preferences.getStoragePath(getApplicationContext().getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath());
 
         OwnCloudClientManagerFactory.setUserAgent(getUserAgent());
@@ -568,6 +570,13 @@ private void enableStrictMode() {
         }
     }
 
+    private void checkCancelDownloadJobs() {
+        if (backgroundJobManager != null && preferences.shouldStopDownloadJobsOnStart()) {
+            backgroundJobManager.cancelAllFilesDownloadJobs();
+            preferences.setStopDownloadJobsOnStart(false);
+        }
+    }
+
     public static void initSyncOperations(
         final Context context,
         final AppPreferences preferences,