diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OData.Cli/GenerateCommand.cs b/src/Microsoft.OData.Cli/GenerateCommand.cs
index 70972e50..d7ae6b3a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OData.Cli/GenerateCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OData.Cli/GenerateCommand.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 using System.CommandLine;
 using System.CommandLine.NamingConventionBinder;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.Build.Evaluation;
 using Microsoft.OData.CodeGen.CodeGeneration;
@@ -233,9 +234,9 @@ private async Task GenerateCodeForV4Clients(GenerateOptions generateOptions, ICo
             serviceConfigurationV4.NamespacePrefix = generateOptions.NamespacePrefix;
             serviceConfigurationV4.MakeTypesInternal = generateOptions.EnableInternal;
             serviceConfigurationV4.GenerateMultipleFiles = generateOptions.MultipleFiles;
-            serviceConfigurationV4.ExcludedSchemaTypes = generateOptions.ExcludedSchemaTypes;
-            serviceConfigurationV4.ExcludedBoundOperations = generateOptions.ExcludedBoundOperations;
-            serviceConfigurationV4.ExcludedOperationImports = generateOptions.ExcludedOperationImports;
+            serviceConfigurationV4.ExcludedSchemaTypes = generateOptions.ExcludedSchemaTypes?.Split(",").Select(type => type.Trim()).ToList();
+            serviceConfigurationV4.ExcludedBoundOperations = generateOptions.ExcludedBoundOperations?.Split(",").Select(type => type.Trim()).ToList();
+            serviceConfigurationV4.ExcludedOperationImports = generateOptions.ExcludedOperationImports?.Split(",").Select(type => type.Trim()).ToList();
             serviceConfigurationV4.IgnoreUnexpectedElementsAndAttributes = generateOptions.IgnoreUnexpectedElements;
             serviceConfigurationV4.EnableNamingAlias = generateOptions.UpperCamelCase;
             serviceConfigurationV4.UseDataServiceCollection = generateOptions.EnableTracking;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OData.Cli/GenerateOptions.cs b/src/Microsoft.OData.Cli/GenerateOptions.cs
index 8c939334..e330008b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OData.Cli/GenerateOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OData.Cli/GenerateOptions.cs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 // </copyright>
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-
 namespace Microsoft.OData.Cli
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -63,17 +61,17 @@ public class GenerateOptions
         /// <summary>
         /// Comma-separated list of the names of operation imports to exclude from the generated code. Example: ExcludedOperationImport1,ExcludedOperationImport2.
         /// </summary>
-        public List<string> ExcludedOperationImports { get; set; }
+        public string ExcludedOperationImports { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Comma-separated list of the names of bound operations to exclude from the generated code.Example: BoundOperation1,BoundOperation2.
         /// </summary>
-        public List<string> ExcludedBoundOperations { get; set; }
+        public string ExcludedBoundOperations { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Comma-separated list of the names of entity types to exclude from the generated code.Example: EntityType1,EntityType2,EntityType3.
         /// </summary>
-        public List<string> ExcludedSchemaTypes { get; set; }
+        public string ExcludedSchemaTypes { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// This flag indicates whether to ignore unexpected elements and attributes in the metadata document and generate the client code if any.