diff --git a/src/cli/backup/exchange.go b/src/cli/backup/exchange.go
index d25cefff0..beb378dbf 100644
--- a/src/cli/backup/exchange.go
+++ b/src/cli/backup/exchange.go
@@ -80,13 +80,11 @@ func addExchangeCommands(cmd *cobra.Command) *cobra.Command {
 		flags.AddMailBoxFlag(c)
 		flags.AddDataFlag(c, []string{dataEmail, dataContacts, dataEvents}, false)
 		flags.AddFetchParallelismFlag(c)
-		flags.AddFailFastFlag(c)
-		flags.AddDisableIncrementalsFlag(c)
-		flags.AddForceItemDataDownloadFlag(c)
 		flags.AddDisableDeltaFlag(c)
 		flags.AddEnableImmutableIDFlag(c)
 		flags.AddDisableConcurrencyLimiterFlag(c)
 		flags.AddDeltaPageSizeFlag(c)
+		flags.AddGenericBackupFlags(c)
 
 	case listCommand:
 		c, fs = utils.AddCommand(cmd, exchangeListCmd())
diff --git a/src/cli/backup/groups.go b/src/cli/backup/groups.go
index d834e5f29..75b22c161 100644
--- a/src/cli/backup/groups.go
+++ b/src/cli/backup/groups.go
@@ -73,10 +73,8 @@ func addGroupsCommands(cmd *cobra.Command) *cobra.Command {
 		flags.AddGroupFlag(c)
 		flags.AddDataFlag(c, []string{flags.DataLibraries, flags.DataMessages}, false)
 		flags.AddFetchParallelismFlag(c)
-		flags.AddFailFastFlag(c)
 		flags.AddDisableDeltaFlag(c)
-		flags.AddDisableIncrementalsFlag(c)
-		flags.AddForceItemDataDownloadFlag(c)
+		flags.AddGenericBackupFlags(c)
 
 	case listCommand:
 		c, fs = utils.AddCommand(cmd, groupsListCmd(), utils.MarkPreviewCommand())
diff --git a/src/cli/backup/onedrive.go b/src/cli/backup/onedrive.go
index 54d479b7c..6500b5ef5 100644
--- a/src/cli/backup/onedrive.go
+++ b/src/cli/backup/onedrive.go
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ func addOneDriveCommands(cmd *cobra.Command) *cobra.Command {
 		c.Example = oneDriveServiceCommandCreateExamples
 
 		flags.AddUserFlag(c)
-		flags.AddFailFastFlag(c)
-		flags.AddDisableIncrementalsFlag(c)
-		flags.AddForceItemDataDownloadFlag(c)
+		flags.AddGenericBackupFlags(c)
 
 	case listCommand:
 		c, fs = utils.AddCommand(cmd, oneDriveListCmd())
diff --git a/src/cli/backup/sharepoint.go b/src/cli/backup/sharepoint.go
index f4b4fdd5c..012243856 100644
--- a/src/cli/backup/sharepoint.go
+++ b/src/cli/backup/sharepoint.go
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ func addSharePointCommands(cmd *cobra.Command) *cobra.Command {
 		flags.AddSiteFlag(c, true)
 		flags.AddSiteIDFlag(c, true)
 		flags.AddDataFlag(c, []string{flags.DataLibraries}, true)
-		flags.AddFailFastFlag(c)
-		flags.AddDisableIncrementalsFlag(c)
-		flags.AddForceItemDataDownloadFlag(c)
+		flags.AddGenericBackupFlags(c)
 
 	case listCommand:
 		c, fs = utils.AddCommand(cmd, sharePointListCmd())
diff --git a/src/cli/flags/backup_create.go b/src/cli/flags/backup_create.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d27d6b85a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/flags/backup_create.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package flags
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func AddGenericBackupFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	AddFailFastFlag(cmd)
+	AddDisableIncrementalsFlag(cmd)
+	AddForceItemDataDownloadFlag(cmd)
+}