diff --git a/src/core/course/providers/helper.ts b/src/core/course/providers/helper.ts
index b9797a732..eb3f239b5 100644
--- a/src/core/course/providers/helper.ts
+++ b/src/core/course/providers/helper.ts
@@ -539,6 +539,10 @@ export class CoreCourseHelperProvider {
             return this.downloadModuleWithMainFileIfNeeded(module, courseId, component, componentId, files, siteId)
                     .then((result) => {
                 if (result.path.indexOf('http') === 0) {
+                    /* In iOS, if we use the same URL in embedded browser and background download then the download only
+                       downloads a few bytes (cached ones). Add a hash to the URL so both URLs are different. */
+                    result.path = result.path + '#moodlemobile-embedded';
+
                     return this.utils.openOnlineFile(result.path).catch((error) => {
                         // Error opening the file, some apps don't allow opening online files.
                         if (!this.fileProvider.isAvailable()) {
diff --git a/src/providers/file-helper.ts b/src/providers/file-helper.ts
index 4bd5d3f37..79c76d1fc 100644
--- a/src/providers/file-helper.ts
+++ b/src/providers/file-helper.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ export class CoreFileHelperProvider {
             }
 
             if (url.indexOf('http') === 0) {
+                /* In iOS, if we use the same URL in embedded browser and background download then the download only
+                   downloads a few bytes (cached ones). Add a hash to the URL so both URLs are different. */
+                url = url + '#moodlemobile-embedded';
+
                 return this.utils.openOnlineFile(url).catch((error) => {
                     // Error opening the file, some apps don't allow opening online files.
                     if (!this.fileProvider.isAvailable()) {