A request is received to store a file in a storage area of a storage device, the file being discardable and having associated therewith data in a data structure associated with the storage device. The file is marked as a discardable file. In some implementations a file system structure of the data structure is marked to indicate that the file is a discardable file, where in other implementations, the file itself is marked to indicate that the file is a discardable file. A download manager determines a download condition associated with the request to store the discardable file in the storage area of the storage device and determines whether to delay a download to the storage device of the discardable file based on the determined download condition. The download manager manages the download of the discardable file to the storage device based on the determination of whether to delay the download of the discardable file to the storage device.