diff --git a/app/api/views.py b/app/api/views.py
index 37a10c59..188a9b0f 100644
--- a/app/api/views.py
+++ b/app/api/views.py
@@ -374,9 +374,15 @@ class TextDownloadAPI(APIView):
 
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         format = request.query_params.get('q')
+        only_approved = request.query_params.get('onlyApproved')
         project = get_object_or_404(Project, pk=self.kwargs['project_id'])
-        documents = project.documents.all()
+        documents = (
+            project.documents.exclude(annotations_approved_by = None)
+            if only_approved == 'true'
+            else project.documents.all()
+        )
         painter = self.select_painter(format)
+
         # jsonl-textlabel format prints text labels while jsonl format prints annotations with label ids
         # jsonl-textlabel format - "labels": [[0, 15, "PERSON"], ..]
         # jsonl format - "annotations": [{"label": 5, "start_offset": 0, "end_offset": 2, "user": 1},..]
diff --git a/frontend/components/organisms/documents/DocumentExportForm.vue b/frontend/components/organisms/documents/DocumentExportForm.vue
index 6c889989..a3c96ad1 100644
--- a/frontend/components/organisms/documents/DocumentExportForm.vue
+++ b/frontend/components/organisms/documents/DocumentExportForm.vue
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
         </v-sheet>
         <h2>{{ $t('dataset.exportDataMessage2') }}</h2>
         <v-text-field v-model="selectedFileName" placeholder="Name the file" />
+        <v-checkbox
+          v-model="onlyApproved"
+          label="Export only approved documents"
+          color="success"
+          hide-details
+        />
       </v-form>
     </template>
   </base-card>
@@ -68,6 +74,7 @@ export default {
       file: null,
       selectedFormat: null,
       selectedFileName: 'project_' + this.$route.params.id + '_dataset',
+      onlyApproved: false,
       fileFormatRules,
       uploadFileRules
     }
@@ -99,6 +106,7 @@ export default {
           projectId: this.$route.params.id,
           fileName: this.selectedFileName,
           format: this.selectedFormat.type,
+          onlyApproved: this.onlyApproved,
           suffix: this.selectedFormat.suffix
         })
         this.reset()
diff --git a/frontend/services/document.service.js b/frontend/services/document.service.js
index e73b1a60..efe1c0af 100644
--- a/frontend/services/document.service.js
+++ b/frontend/services/document.service.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class DocumentService {
     return this.request.post(`/projects/${projectId}/docs/upload`, payload, config)
   }
 
-  exportFile(projectId, format) {
+  exportFile(projectId, format, onlyApproved) {
     const headers = {}
     if (format === 'csv') {
       headers.Accept = 'text/csv; charset=utf-8'
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class DocumentService {
     const config = {
       responseType: 'blob',
       params: {
-        q: format
+        q: format,
+        onlyApproved
       },
       headers
     }
diff --git a/frontend/store/documents.js b/frontend/store/documents.js
index d0e6b2de..287e7d56 100644
--- a/frontend/store/documents.js
+++ b/frontend/store/documents.js
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export const actions = {
   },
   exportDocument({ commit }, data) {
     commit('setLoading', true)
-    DocumentService.exportFile(data.projectId, data.format)
+    DocumentService.exportFile(data.projectId, data.format, data.onlyApproved)
       .then((response) => {
         const url = window.URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([response.data]))
         const link = document.createElement('a')