diff --git a/src/contentmanager.cpp b/src/contentmanager.cpp
index 164d548..ff1267e 100644
--- a/src/contentmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/contentmanager.cpp
@@ -744,25 +744,9 @@ void ContentManager::cancelBook(const QString& id)
 
 void ContentManager::reallyCancelBook(const QString& id)
 {
-    const auto downloadId = mp_library->getBookById(id).getDownloadId();
-    if ( downloadId.empty() ) {
-        // Completion of the download has been detected (and its id was reset)
-        // before the confirmation to cancel the download was granted.
+    if ( !DownloadManager::cancelDownload(id) )
         return;
-    }
 
-    auto download = mp_downloader->getDownload(downloadId);
-    try {
-        download->cancelDownload();
-    } catch (const kiwix::AriaError&) {
-        // Download has completed before the cancel request was handled.
-        // Most likely the download was already complete at the time
-        // when ContentManager::reallyCancelBook() started executing, but
-        // its completion was not yet detected (and/or handled) by the
-        // download updater thread (letting the code pass past the empty
-        // downloadId check above).
-        return;
-    }
     removeDownload(id);
 
     // incompleted downloaded file should be perma deleted
diff --git a/src/downloadmanagement.cpp b/src/downloadmanagement.cpp
index ddc5201..7fd36f3 100644
--- a/src/downloadmanagement.cpp
+++ b/src/downloadmanagement.cpp
@@ -148,3 +148,27 @@ void DownloadManager::resumeDownload(const QString& bookId)
         download->resumeDownload();
     }
 }
+
+bool DownloadManager::cancelDownload(const QString& bookId)
+{
+    const auto downloadId = mp_library->getBookById(bookId).getDownloadId();
+    if ( downloadId.empty() ) {
+        // Completion of the download has been detected (and its id was reset)
+        // before the confirmation to cancel the download was granted.
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    auto download = mp_downloader->getDownload(downloadId);
+    try {
+        download->cancelDownload();
+        return true;
+    } catch (const kiwix::AriaError&) {
+        // Download has completed before the cancel request was handled.
+        // Most likely the download was already complete at the time
+        // when ContentManager::reallyCancelBook() started executing, but
+        // its completion was not yet detected (and/or handled) by the
+        // download updater thread (letting the code pass past the empty
+        // downloadId check above).
+        return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/downloadmanagement.h b/src/downloadmanagement.h
index e55d563..31a8bc5 100644
--- a/src/downloadmanagement.h
+++ b/src/downloadmanagement.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public: // functions
     std::string startDownload(const std::string& url, const std::string& downloadDirPath);
     void pauseDownload(const QString& bookId);
     void resumeDownload(const QString& bookId);
+    bool cancelDownload(const QString& bookId);
 
 signals:
     void downloadUpdated(QString bookId, const DownloadInfo& );