diff --git a/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file.js b/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file.js
index 7ad4d97663..db4941bb8a 100644
--- a/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file.js
+++ b/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const StringFileData = require('./file_data/string_file_data')
  * @typedef {import("./types").StringFileRawData} StringFileRawData
  * @typedef {import("./types").CommentRawData} CommentRawData
  * @typedef {import("./operation/text_operation")} TextOperation
+ * @typedef {{filterTrackedDeletes?: boolean}} FileGetContentOptions
  */
 
 class NotEditableError extends OError {
@@ -133,10 +134,11 @@ class File {
    * The content of the file, if it is known and if this file has UTF-8 encoded
    * content.
    *
+   * @param {FileGetContentOptions} [opts]
    * @return {string | null | undefined}
    */
-  getContent() {
-    return this.data.getContent()
+  getContent(opts = {}) {
+    return this.data.getContent(opts)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file_data/hash_file_data.js b/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file_data/hash_file_data.js
index 0105e7cc19..eccb9de0ce 100644
--- a/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file_data/hash_file_data.js
+++ b/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file_data/hash_file_data.js
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ class HashFileData extends FileData {
     let rangesBlob
     if (this.rangesHash) {
       rangesBlob = await blobStore.getBlob(this.rangesHash)
+      if (!rangesBlob) {
+        throw new Error('Failed to look up rangesHash in blobStore')
+      }
     }
     if (!blob) throw new Error('blob not found: ' + this.hash)
     return FileData.createLazyFromBlobs(blob, rangesBlob)
@@ -102,6 +105,9 @@ class HashFileData extends FileData {
    */
   async toHollow(blobStore) {
     const blob = await blobStore.getBlob(this.hash)
+    if (!blob) {
+      throw new Error('Failed to look up hash in blobStore')
+    }
     return FileData.createHollow(blob.getByteLength(), blob.getStringLength())
   }
 
diff --git a/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file_data/index.js b/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file_data/index.js
index fc1adca3e9..30f7f2e01c 100644
--- a/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file_data/index.js
+++ b/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file_data/index.js
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@ class FileData {
 
   /**
    * @see File#getContent
+   * @param {import('../file').FileGetContentOptions} [opts]
    * @return {string | null | undefined}
    */
-  getContent() {
+  getContent(opts = {}) {
     return null
   }
 
diff --git a/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file_data/string_file_data.js b/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file_data/string_file_data.js
index d9b69885fb..698012bd82 100644
--- a/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file_data/string_file_data.js
+++ b/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/file_data/string_file_data.js
@@ -66,9 +66,29 @@ class StringFileData extends FileData {
     return true
   }
 
-  /** @inheritdoc */
-  getContent() {
-    return this.content
+  /**
+   * @inheritdoc
+   * @param {import('../file').FileGetContentOptions} [opts]
+   */
+  getContent(opts = {}) {
+    let content = ''
+    let cursor = 0
+    if (opts.filterTrackedDeletes) {
+      for (const tc of this.trackedChanges.trackedChanges) {
+        if (tc.tracking.type !== 'delete') {
+          continue
+        }
+        if (cursor < tc.range.start) {
+          content += this.content.slice(cursor, tc.range.start)
+        }
+        // skip the tracked change
+        cursor = tc.range.end
+      }
+    }
+    if (cursor < this.content.length) {
+      content += this.content.slice(cursor)
+    }
+    return content
   }
 
   /** @inheritdoc */
diff --git a/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/types.ts b/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/types.ts
index a537828b75..3227d3baf9 100644
--- a/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/types.ts
+++ b/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/lib/types.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import Blob from './blob'
 
 export type BlobStore = {
-  getBlob(hash: string): Promise<Blob>
+  getBlob(hash: string): Promise<Blob | null>
   getString(hash: string): Promise<string>
   putString(content: string): Promise<Blob>
   putObject(obj: object): Promise<Blob>
diff --git a/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/test/string_file_data.test.js b/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/test/string_file_data.test.js
index 2f3e13e2cb..9c898c66dd 100644
--- a/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/test/string_file_data.test.js
+++ b/libraries/overleaf-editor-core/test/string_file_data.test.js
@@ -101,4 +101,68 @@ describe('StringFileData', function () {
       { id: 'comm2', ranges: [{ pos: 20, length: 5 }], resolved: true },
     ])
   })
+
+  it('getContent should filter out tracked deletions when passed option', function () {
+    const fileData = new StringFileData(
+      'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog',
+      undefined,
+      [
+        {
+          range: { pos: 4, length: 6 },
+          tracking: {
+            type: 'delete',
+            ts: '2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+            userId: 'user1',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          range: { pos: 35, length: 5 },
+          tracking: {
+            type: 'delete',
+            ts: '2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+            userId: 'user2',
+          },
+        },
+      ]
+    )
+
+    expect(fileData.getContent()).to.equal(
+      'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'
+    )
+    expect(fileData.getContent({ filterTrackedDeletes: true })).to.equal(
+      'the brown fox jumps over the dog'
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('getContent should keep tracked insertions when passed option to remove tracked changes', function () {
+    const fileData = new StringFileData(
+      'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog',
+      undefined,
+      [
+        {
+          range: { pos: 4, length: 6 },
+          tracking: {
+            type: 'insert',
+            ts: '2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+            userId: 'user1',
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          range: { pos: 35, length: 5 },
+          tracking: {
+            type: 'delete',
+            ts: '2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+            userId: 'user2',
+          },
+        },
+      ]
+    )
+
+    expect(fileData.getContent()).to.equal(
+      'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'
+    )
+    expect(fileData.getContent({ filterTrackedDeletes: true })).to.equal(
+      'the quick brown fox jumps over the dog'
+    )
+  })
 })
diff --git a/services/history-v1/storage/lib/blob_store/index.js b/services/history-v1/storage/lib/blob_store/index.js
index 7935810292..81660797db 100644
--- a/services/history-v1/storage/lib/blob_store/index.js
+++ b/services/history-v1/storage/lib/blob_store/index.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ const postgresBackend = require('./postgres')
 const mongoBackend = require('./mongo')
 const logger = require('@overleaf/logger')
 
+/** @typedef {import('stream').Readable} Readable */
+
 const GLOBAL_BLOBS = new Map()
 
 function makeGlobalKey(hash) {
@@ -273,7 +275,7 @@ class BlobStore {
    * failure, so the caller must be prepared to retry on errors, if appropriate.
    *
    * @param {string} hash hexadecimal SHA-1 hash
-   * @return {stream} a stream to read the file
+   * @return {Promise.<Readable>} a stream to read the file
    */
   async getStream(hash) {
     assert.blobHash(hash, 'bad hash')
diff --git a/services/history-v1/storage/lib/project_archive.js b/services/history-v1/storage/lib/project_archive.js
index 6e0cd2b083..31d3b62444 100644
--- a/services/history-v1/storage/lib/project_archive.js
+++ b/services/history-v1/storage/lib/project_archive.js
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
+// @ts-check
 'use strict'
 
+/** @typedef {import('overleaf-editor-core/types').Snapshot} Snapshot */
+
 const Archive = require('archiver')
 const BPromise = require('bluebird')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const { pipeline } = require('stream')
 
 const core = require('overleaf-editor-core')
+
 const Snapshot = core.Snapshot
 const OError = require('@overleaf/o-error')
 
 const assert = require('./assert')
 
+/**
+ * @typedef {import('../../storage/lib/blob_store/index').BlobStore} BlobStore
+ */
+
 // The maximum safe concurrency appears to be 1.
 // https://github.com/overleaf/issues/issues/1909
 const FETCH_CONCURRENCY = 1 // number of files to fetch at once
@@ -21,101 +29,113 @@ class DownloadError extends OError {
     super(`ProjectArchive: blob download failed: ${hash}`, { hash })
   }
 }
-ProjectArchive.DownloadError = DownloadError
 
 class ArchiveTimeout extends OError {
   constructor() {
     super('ProjectArchive timed out')
   }
 }
-ProjectArchive.ArchiveTimeout = ArchiveTimeout
 
-/**
- * @constructor
- * @param {Snapshot} snapshot
- * @param {?number} timeout in ms
- * @classdesc
- * Writes the project snapshot to a zip file.
- */
-function ProjectArchive(snapshot, timeout) {
-  assert.instance(snapshot, Snapshot)
-  this.snapshot = snapshot
-  this.timeout = timeout || DEFAULT_ZIP_TIMEOUT
+class MissingfileError extends OError {
+  constructor() {
+    super('ProjectArchive: attempting to look up a file that does not exist')
+  }
 }
 
-/**
- * Write zip archive to the given file path.
- *
- * @param {BlobStore} blobStore
- * @param {string} zipFilePath
- */
-ProjectArchive.prototype.writeZip = function projectArchiveToZip(
-  blobStore,
-  zipFilePath
-) {
-  const snapshot = this.snapshot
-  const timeout = this.timeout
+class ProjectArchive {
+  static ArchiveTimeout = ArchiveTimeout
+  static MissingfileError = MissingfileError
+  static DownloadError = DownloadError
 
-  const startTime = process.hrtime()
-  const archive = new Archive('zip')
-
-  // Convert elapsed seconds and nanoseconds to milliseconds.
-  function findElapsedMilliseconds() {
-    const elapsed = process.hrtime(startTime)
-    return elapsed[0] * 1e3 + elapsed[1] * 1e-6
+  /**
+   * @constructor
+   * @param {Snapshot} snapshot
+   * @param {?number} timeout in ms
+   * @classdesc
+   * Writes the project snapshot to a zip file.
+   */
+  constructor(snapshot, timeout) {
+    assert.instance(snapshot, Snapshot)
+    this.snapshot = snapshot
+    this.timeout = timeout || DEFAULT_ZIP_TIMEOUT
   }
 
-  function addFileToArchive(pathname) {
-    if (findElapsedMilliseconds() > timeout) {
-      throw new ProjectArchive.ArchiveTimeout()
+  /**
+   * Write zip archive to the given file path.
+   *
+   * @param {BlobStore} blobStore
+   * @param {string} zipFilePath
+   */
+  writeZip(blobStore, zipFilePath) {
+    const snapshot = this.snapshot
+    const timeout = this.timeout
+
+    const startTime = process.hrtime()
+    const archive = new Archive('zip')
+
+    // Convert elapsed seconds and nanoseconds to milliseconds.
+    function findElapsedMilliseconds() {
+      const elapsed = process.hrtime(startTime)
+      return elapsed[0] * 1e3 + elapsed[1] * 1e-6
     }
 
-    const file = snapshot.getFile(pathname)
-    return file.load('eager', blobStore).then(function () {
-      const content = file.getContent()
-      if (content === null) {
-        return streamFileToArchive(pathname, file).catch(function (err) {
-          throw new ProjectArchive.DownloadError(file.getHash()).withCause(err)
-        })
-      } else {
-        archive.append(content, { name: pathname })
+    function addFileToArchive(pathname) {
+      if (findElapsedMilliseconds() > timeout) {
+        throw new ProjectArchive.ArchiveTimeout()
       }
-    })
-  }
 
-  function streamFileToArchive(pathname, file) {
-    return new BPromise(function (resolve, reject) {
-      blobStore
-        .getStream(file.getHash())
-        .then(stream => {
-          stream.on('error', reject)
-          stream.on('end', resolve)
-          archive.append(stream, { name: pathname })
-        })
-        .catch(reject)
-    })
-  }
-
-  const addFilesToArchiveAndFinalize = BPromise.map(
-    snapshot.getFilePathnames(),
-    addFileToArchive,
-    { concurrency: FETCH_CONCURRENCY }
-  ).then(function () {
-    archive.finalize()
-  })
-
-  const streamArchiveToFile = new BPromise(function (resolve, reject) {
-    const stream = fs.createWriteStream(zipFilePath)
-    pipeline(archive, stream, function (err) {
-      if (err) {
-        reject(err)
-      } else {
-        resolve()
+      const file = snapshot.getFile(pathname)
+      if (!file) {
+        throw new ProjectArchive.MissingfileError()
       }
-    })
-  })
+      return file.load('eager', blobStore).then(function () {
+        const content = file.getContent({ filterTrackedDeletes: true })
+        if (content === null) {
+          return streamFileToArchive(pathname, file).catch(function (err) {
+            throw new ProjectArchive.DownloadError(file.getHash()).withCause(
+              err
+            )
+          })
+        } else {
+          archive.append(content, { name: pathname })
+        }
+      })
+    }
 
-  return BPromise.join(streamArchiveToFile, addFilesToArchiveAndFinalize)
+    function streamFileToArchive(pathname, file) {
+      return new BPromise(function (resolve, reject) {
+        blobStore
+          .getStream(file.getHash())
+          .then(stream => {
+            stream.on('error', reject)
+            stream.on('end', resolve)
+            archive.append(stream, { name: pathname })
+          })
+          .catch(reject)
+      })
+    }
+
+    const addFilesToArchiveAndFinalize = BPromise.map(
+      snapshot.getFilePathnames(),
+      addFileToArchive,
+      { concurrency: FETCH_CONCURRENCY }
+    ).then(function () {
+      archive.finalize()
+    })
+
+    const streamArchiveToFile = new BPromise(function (resolve, reject) {
+      const stream = fs.createWriteStream(zipFilePath)
+      pipeline(archive, stream, function (err) {
+        if (err) {
+          reject(err)
+        } else {
+          resolve()
+        }
+      })
+    })
+
+    return BPromise.join(streamArchiveToFile, addFilesToArchiveAndFinalize)
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = ProjectArchive
diff --git a/services/history-v1/storage/lib/zip_store.js b/services/history-v1/storage/lib/zip_store.js
index ed5121ed8a..b3cf7c2663 100644
--- a/services/history-v1/storage/lib/zip_store.js
+++ b/services/history-v1/storage/lib/zip_store.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class ZipStore {
   /**
    * Generate signed link to access the zip file.
    *
-   * @param {number} projectId
+   * @param {number | string} projectId
    * @param {number} version
    * @return {string}
    */
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class ZipStore {
   /**
    * Generate a zip of the given snapshot.
    *
-   * @param {number} projectId
+   * @param {number | string} projectId
    * @param {number} version
    * @param {Snapshot} snapshot
    */
diff --git a/services/history-v1/test/acceptance/js/storage/zip_store.test.js b/services/history-v1/test/acceptance/js/storage/zip_store.test.js
index 756873d5ad..367fb6a946 100644
--- a/services/history-v1/test/acceptance/js/storage/zip_store.test.js
+++ b/services/history-v1/test/acceptance/js/storage/zip_store.test.js
@@ -53,4 +53,49 @@ describe('zipStore', function () {
     expect(entries.length).to.equal(1)
     expect(entries[0].fileName).to.equal('hello.txt')
   })
+
+  it('filters out tracked deletes', async function () {
+    const projectId = fixtures.docs.uninitializedProject.id
+    const version = 1
+    const testSnapshot = new Snapshot()
+    testSnapshot.addFile(
+      'test.tex',
+      File.fromRaw({
+        content: 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog',
+        trackedChanges: [
+          {
+            range: { pos: 4, length: 6 },
+            tracking: {
+              type: 'delete',
+              ts: '2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+              userId: 'user1',
+            },
+          },
+          {
+            range: { pos: 35, length: 5 },
+            tracking: {
+              type: 'delete',
+              ts: '2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+              userId: 'user2',
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      })
+    )
+
+    const zipUrl = await zipStore.getSignedUrl(projectId, version)
+    // Build the zip file.
+    await zipStore.storeZip(projectId, version, testSnapshot)
+    // Now we should be able to fetch it.
+    const postZipResponse = await fetch(zipUrl)
+    expect(postZipResponse.status).to.equal(200)
+    const zipBuffer = await postZipResponse.buffer()
+    await fs.writeFileAsync(zipFilePath, zipBuffer)
+    const entries = await getZipEntries(zipFilePath)
+    expect(entries.length).to.equal(1)
+    expect(entries[0].fileName).to.equal('test.tex')
+    expect(entries[0].uncompressedSize).to.equal(
+      'the brown fox jumps over the dog'.length
+    )
+  })
 })