diff --git a/src/main/frontend/handler/export/html.cljs b/src/main/frontend/handler/export/html.cljs
index 1c36fad9da..510c480553 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/handler/export/html.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/handler/export/html.cljs
@@ -371,15 +371,21 @@
 ;;; export fns
 (defn- export-helper
   [content format options]
-  (let [remove-options (set (:remove-options options))]
+  (let [remove-options (set (:remove-options options))
+        other-options (:other-options options)]
     (binding [*state* (merge *state*
                              {:export-options
                               {:remove-emphasis? (contains? remove-options :emphasis)
                                :remove-page-ref-brackets? (contains? remove-options :page-ref)
-                               :remove-tags? (contains? remove-options :tag)}})]
+                               :remove-tags? (contains? remove-options :tag)
+                               :keep-only-level<=N (:keep-only-level<=N other-options)}})]
       (let [ast (util/profile :gp-mldoc/->edn (gp-mldoc/->edn content (gp-mldoc/default-config format)))
             ast (util/profile :remove-pos (mapv common/remove-block-ast-pos ast))
             ast (removev common/Properties-block-ast? ast)
+            keep-level<=n (get-in *state* [:export-options :keep-only-level<=N])
+            ast (if (pos? keep-level<=n)
+                  (common/keep-only-level<=n ast keep-level<=n)
+                  ast)
             ast* (util/profile :replace-block&page-reference&embed (common/replace-block&page-reference&embed ast))
             ast** (if (= "no-indent" (get-in *state* [:export-options :indent-style]))
                     (util/profile :replace-Heading-with-Paragraph (mapv common/replace-Heading-with-Paragraph ast*))
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/handler/export/opml.cljs b/src/main/frontend/handler/export/opml.cljs
index 8e034cad4c..d8d7914ade 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/handler/export/opml.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/handler/export/opml.cljs
@@ -390,16 +390,22 @@
 ;;; export fns
 (defn- export-helper
   [content format options]
-  (let [remove-options (set (:remove-options options))]
+  (let [remove-options (set (:remove-options options))
+        other-options (:other-options options)]
     (binding [*state* (merge *state*
                              {:export-options
                               {:remove-emphasis? (contains? remove-options :emphasis)
                                :remove-page-ref-brackets? (contains? remove-options :page-ref)
-                               :remove-tags? (contains? remove-options :tag)}})
+                               :remove-tags? (contains? remove-options :tag)
+                               :keep-only-level<=N (:keep-only-level<=N other-options)}})
               *opml-state* *opml-state*]
       (let [ast (gp-mldoc/->edn content (gp-mldoc/default-config format))
             ast (mapv common/remove-block-ast-pos ast)
             ast (removev common/Properties-block-ast? ast)
+            keep-level<=n (get-in *state* [:export-options :keep-only-level<=N])
+            ast (if (pos? keep-level<=n)
+                  (common/keep-only-level<=n ast keep-level<=n)
+                  ast)
             ast* (common/replace-block&page-reference&embed ast)
             ast** (if (= "no-indent" (get-in *state* [:export-options :indent-style]))
                     (mapv common/replace-Heading-with-Paragraph ast*)
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/handler/export/text.cljs b/src/main/frontend/handler/export/text.cljs
index 4faaaab4a4..63150e5a35 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/handler/export/text.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/handler/export/text.cljs
@@ -428,9 +428,9 @@
             ast (mapv common/remove-block-ast-pos ast)
             ast (removev common/Properties-block-ast? ast)
             keep-level<=n (get-in *state* [:export-options :keep-only-level<=N])
-            ast (if (= :all keep-level<=n)
-                  ast
-                  (common/keep-only-level<=n ast keep-level<=n))
+            ast (if (pos? keep-level<=n)
+                  (common/keep-only-level<=n ast keep-level<=n)
+                  ast)
             ast* (common/replace-block&page-reference&embed ast)
             ast** (if (= "no-indent" (get-in *state* [:export-options :indent-style]))
                     (mapv common/replace-Heading-with-Paragraph ast*)
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@
 (defn export-blocks-as-markdown
   "options:
   :indent-style \"dashes\" | \"spaces\" | \"no-indent\"
-  :remove-options [:emphasis :page-ref :tag]"
+  :remove-options [:emphasis :page-ref :tag]
+  :other-options {:keep-only-level<=N int}"
   [repo root-block-uuids-or-page-name options]
   {:pre [(or (coll? root-block-uuids-or-page-name)
              (string? root-block-uuids-or-page-name))]}