diff --git a/src/cli/export/groups.go b/src/cli/export/groups.go
index ab9c19406..355987b8d 100644
--- a/src/cli/export/groups.go
+++ b/src/cli/export/groups.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/cli/flags"
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/cli/utils"
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/control"
+	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/selectors"
 )
 
 // called by export.go to map subcommands to provider-specific handling.
@@ -100,6 +101,10 @@ func exportGroupsCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	sel := utils.IncludeGroupsRestoreDataSelectors(ctx, opts)
 	utils.FilterGroupsRestoreInfoSelectors(sel, opts)
 
+	// TODO(pandeyabs): Exclude conversations from export since they are not
+	// supported yet. https://github.com/alcionai/corso/issues/4822
+	sel.Exclude(sel.Conversation(selectors.Any()))
+
 	acceptedGroupsFormatTypes := []string{
 		string(control.DefaultFormat),
 		string(control.JSONFormat),
diff --git a/src/cli/restore/groups.go b/src/cli/restore/groups.go
index 4b2f93c33..08d6a8949 100644
--- a/src/cli/restore/groups.go
+++ b/src/cli/restore/groups.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/cli/flags"
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/cli/utils"
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/dttm"
+	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/selectors"
 )
 
 // called by restore.go to map subcommands to provider-specific handling.
@@ -91,6 +92,10 @@ func restoreGroupsCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	sel := utils.IncludeGroupsRestoreDataSelectors(ctx, opts)
 	utils.FilterGroupsRestoreInfoSelectors(sel, opts)
 
+	// TODO(pandeyabs): Exclude conversations from restores since they are not
+	// supported yet.
+	sel.Exclude(sel.Conversation(selectors.Any()))
+
 	return runRestore(
 		ctx,
 		cmd,