diff --git a/INSTALLATION_PROCESS.md b/INSTALLATION_PROCESS.md
index b41868a..3c9b5cb 100644
--- a/INSTALLATION_PROCESS.md
+++ b/INSTALLATION_PROCESS.md
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ The OmniNX Installer Payload operates in two modes:
 **Trigger**: `INSTALL_MODE_UPDATE` (OmniNX already installed)
 
 ### Step 1: Cleanup (Selective Deletion)
-**Location**: `install.c:321-380`
+**Location**: `install_update.c` (`update_mode_cleanup`), `install.c` (`delete_path_lists_grouped`)
+
+Before deletion, the payload reads optional **`sd:/config/omninx/preserve.ini`** (section `[Preserve]`). Paths enabled there are skipped, as are delete targets that would remove them (parent/child overlap). See **[PRESERVE_INI.md](PRESERVE_INI.md)**. Clean install does not use this file.
 
 #### 10. Clean Atmosphere Subdirectories
 **Location**: `install.c:325-327`, `deletion_lists.h:9-34`
diff --git a/PRESERVE_INI.md b/PRESERVE_INI.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ce55fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PRESERVE_INI.md
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# User preserve list (`preserve.ini`)
+
+**Update mode only.** During OmniNX update cleanup (selective deletion), any path listed here with a truthy value is **not** deleted. Paths that would remove a preserved path (parent directory) are skipped as well.
+
+- **File:** `sd:/config/omninx/preserve.ini`
+- If missing or invalid, behavior is unchanged (full update deletion list applies).
+
+## Format
+
+Section **`[Preserve]`** (case-sensitive). Each line is **path as key**, **enable flag as value**:
+
+```ini
+[Preserve]
+'sd:/ROMs'=1
+sd:/switch/MyHomebrewFolder=0
+sd:/backup/tools=1
+```
+
+### Path (key)
+
+- Must start with **`sd:/`** (after optional quoting).
+- **Optional** matching **single** or **double** quotes around the key are stripped (helps Ultrahand `set-ini-val` and readability).
+- Trailing slashes are normalized away (except the volume root).
+- **`sd:/` alone** is rejected (too broad).
+- Minimum useful length after `sd:/` is enforced (at least one more character).
+
+### Value (enable)
+
+**On** if the value starts with `1`, `t`, `T`, `y`, or `Y` (e.g. `1`, `true`, `yes`). Anything else is **off** (path ignored).
+
+### Limits
+
+- Up to **96** preserved paths; longer keys truncated internally (~224 bytes per path).
+- Duplicate paths after normalization are skipped.
+- The list is allocated on the **heap** only while update cleanup runs (not a large static buffer in IPL IRAM), to avoid crowding hardware-adjacent memory used by Joy-Con UART and similar peripherals.
+
+## Overlap rules
+
+For each delete candidate from `deletion_lists_update.h`, deletion is skipped if it **overlaps** any enabled preserve path:
+
+- Same path, or
+- Delete target is **inside** a preserved tree (preserved path is a prefix), or
+- Delete target is an **ancestor** of a preserved path (deleting it would remove the preserved data).
+
+So preserving `sd:/ROMs` also blocks deleting `sd:/ROMs/title` if that were on the delete list, and blocks deleting `sd:/` if `sd:/ROMs` is preserved.
+
+## Ultrahand
+
+You can toggle entries with:
+
+```text
+set-ini-val sd:/config/omninx/preserve.ini Preserve 'sd:/ROMs' 1
+```
+
+and `0` to disable. Use the same quoted path in the key argument as in your INI.
+
+## Clean install
+
+**Not used** in clean install mode. `preserve.ini` is only read for **update** cleanup (`update_mode_cleanup`).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 453948a..cb138e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ Based on [HATS-Installer-Payload](https://github.com/sthetix/HATS-Installer-Payl
 For detailed information about the installation process, see:
 - **[INSTALLATION_PROCESS.md](INSTALLATION_PROCESS.md)** - Complete step-by-step breakdown of everything checked and done during installation/update
 - **[DEBUG_INI.md](DEBUG_INI.md)** - Optional `sd:/config/omninx/debug.ini` parameters to skip install steps (for testing)
+- **[PRESERVE_INI.md](PRESERVE_INI.md)** - Optional `sd:/config/omninx/preserve.ini` to skip deleting chosen paths in **update** mode
 
 ## Installation Modes
 
 ### Update Mode (OmniNX Detected)
 - Detected when version marker files (`1.0.0s`, `1.0.0l`, or `1.0.0oc`) are found
 - Performs selective deletion of specific directories/files
+- Optional **`sd:/config/omninx/preserve.ini`**: user-listed `sd:/…` paths (with `=1`) are excluded from that cleanup (see [PRESERVE_INI.md](PRESERVE_INI.md))
 - Preserves user data, savegames, and installed games
 - Updates only necessary CFW components
 
diff --git a/source/deletion_lists_update.h b/source/deletion_lists_update.h
index 5a188a0..2cddd44 100644
--- a/source/deletion_lists_update.h
+++ b/source/deletion_lists_update.h
@@ -10,14 +10,16 @@ static const char* atmosphere_dirs_to_delete[] = {
     "sd:/atmosphere/config",
     "sd:/atmosphere/crash_reports",
     "sd:/atmosphere/erpt_reports",
+    "sd:/atmosphere/exefs_patches/audio_mastervolume",
     "sd:/atmosphere/exefs_patches/CrunchPatch",
+    "sd:/atmosphere/exefs_patches/SaltyNX_Fixes",
     "sd:/atmosphere/exefs_patches/Crunchyroll Patch 1.10.0",
     "sd:/atmosphere/exefs_patches/bluetooth_patches",
     "sd:/atmosphere/exefs_patches/bootlogo",
     "sd:/atmosphere/exefs_patches/btm_patches",
     "sd:/atmosphere/exefs_patches/es_patches",
     "sd:/atmosphere/exefs_patches/hid_patches",
-    "sd:/atmosphere/exefs_patches/logo1",
+    "sd:/atmosphere/exefs_patches/logo",
     "sd:/atmosphere/exefs_patches/nfim_ctest",
     "sd:/atmosphere/exefs_patches/nim_ctest",
     "sd:/atmosphere/exefs_patches/nvnflinger_cmu",
diff --git a/source/install.c b/source/install.c
index 5afde0d..0d32424 100644
--- a/source/install.c
+++ b/source/install.c
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 #define GROUPED_DELETE_MAX_ENTRIES 512
 
+static bool install_path_blocked_by_user_preserve(const char *path);
+
 #ifndef VERSION
 #define VERSION "1.0.0"
 #endif
@@ -463,7 +465,7 @@ int delete_path_lists_grouped(const char *folder_display_name, ...) {
     const char **list;
     while (n_entries < GROUPED_DELETE_MAX_ENTRIES && (list = va_arg(ap, const char **)) != NULL) {
         for (int i = 0; list[i] != NULL && n_entries < GROUPED_DELETE_MAX_ENTRIES; i++) {
-            if (install_path_exists(list[i]))
+            if (install_path_exists(list[i]) && !install_path_blocked_by_user_preserve(list[i]))
                 entries[n_entries++] = list[i];
         }
     }
@@ -538,9 +540,9 @@ int delete_path_list(const char* paths[], const char* description) {
     u32 start_x, start_y;
     int last_percent = -1;
     
-    // Count total paths first
+    // Count total paths first (only those we will delete)
     for (int i = 0; paths[i] != NULL; i++) {
-        if (install_path_exists(paths[i])) {
+        if (install_path_exists(paths[i]) && !install_path_blocked_by_user_preserve(paths[i])) {
             total_paths++;
         }
     }
@@ -558,7 +560,7 @@ int delete_path_list(const char* paths[], const char* description) {
     install_set_color(COLOR_WHITE);
     
     for (int i = 0; paths[i] != NULL; i++) {
-        if (install_path_exists(paths[i])) {
+        if (install_path_exists(paths[i]) && !install_path_blocked_by_user_preserve(paths[i])) {
             FILINFO fno;
             f_stat(paths[i], &fno);
             
@@ -686,6 +688,159 @@ static void ram_config_free_sections(link_t *sections)
     }
 }
 
+#define INSTALL_PRESERVE_INI "sd:/config/omninx/preserve.ini"
+#define INSTALL_PRESERVE_MAX 96
+#define INSTALL_PRESERVE_PATH_BYTES 224
+
+static bool install_ini_kv_truth(const char *val)
+{
+    if (!val || !val[0])
+        return false;
+    char c = val[0];
+    return c == '1' || c == 't' || c == 'T' || c == 'y' || c == 'Y';
+}
+
+static void preserve_strip_outer_quotes(char *s)
+{
+    size_t n = strlen(s);
+    if (n >= 2 &&
+        ((s[0] == '\'' && s[n - 1] == '\'') || (s[0] == '"' && s[n - 1] == '"'))) {
+        memmove(s, s + 1, n - 2);
+        s[n - 2] = '\0';
+    }
+}
+
+static void preserve_normalize_trailing_slashes(char *s)
+{
+    size_t n = strlen(s);
+    while (n > 1 && s[n - 1] == '/')
+        s[--n] = '\0';
+}
+
+static bool path_is_same_or_descendant(const char *base, const char *path)
+{
+    size_t lb = strlen(base);
+    if (strncmp(path, base, lb) != 0)
+        return false;
+    if (path[lb] == '\0')
+        return true;
+    if (path[lb] == '/')
+        return true;
+    if (lb == 4 && base[0] == 's' && base[1] == 'd' && base[2] == ':' && base[3] == '/')
+        return path[lb] != '\0';
+    return false;
+}
+
+static bool path_delete_overlaps_preserve(const char *del, const char *pres)
+{
+    return path_is_same_or_descendant(pres, del) || path_is_same_or_descendant(del, pres);
+}
+
+static bool g_preserve_update_active;
+/** Rows stored in DRAM (heap); avoids ~21KB BSS in tight IPL IRAM around 0x40008000. */
+static char *g_preserve_block;
+static int g_preserve_count;
+
+static const char *preserve_get_row(int i)
+{
+    return g_preserve_block + (size_t)i * INSTALL_PRESERVE_PATH_BYTES;
+}
+
+static bool install_path_blocked_by_user_preserve(const char *delete_path)
+{
+    if (!g_preserve_update_active || !g_preserve_block || !delete_path)
+        return false;
+    for (int i = 0; i < g_preserve_count; i++) {
+        if (path_delete_overlaps_preserve(delete_path, preserve_get_row(i)))
+            return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+void install_preserve_update_cleanup_begin(void)
+{
+    if (g_preserve_block) {
+        free(g_preserve_block);
+        g_preserve_block = NULL;
+    }
+    g_preserve_count = 0;
+    g_preserve_update_active = false;
+
+    if (!install_path_exists(INSTALL_PRESERVE_INI))
+        return;
+
+    g_preserve_block = calloc(INSTALL_PRESERVE_MAX, INSTALL_PRESERVE_PATH_BYTES);
+    if (!g_preserve_block)
+        return;
+
+    link_t sections;
+    list_init(&sections);
+    if (ini_parse(&sections, (char *)INSTALL_PRESERVE_INI, false) != 1) {
+        ram_config_free_sections(&sections);
+        free(g_preserve_block);
+        g_preserve_block = NULL;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    LIST_FOREACH_ENTRY(ini_sec_t, sec, &sections, link) {
+        if (!sec->name || strcmp(sec->name, "Preserve") != 0)
+            continue;
+        LIST_FOREACH_ENTRY(ini_kv_t, kv, &sec->kvs, link) {
+            if (!kv->key || !kv->val || g_preserve_count >= INSTALL_PRESERVE_MAX)
+                continue;
+            if (!install_ini_kv_truth(kv->val))
+                continue;
+            char buf[INSTALL_PRESERVE_PATH_BYTES];
+            strncpy(buf, kv->key, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+            buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
+            preserve_strip_outer_quotes(buf);
+            preserve_normalize_trailing_slashes(buf);
+            if (strlen(buf) < 5 || strncmp(buf, "sd:/", 4) != 0)
+                continue;
+            if (strcmp(buf, "sd:/") == 0)
+                continue;
+
+            bool dup = false;
+            for (int j = 0; j < g_preserve_count; j++) {
+                if (strcmp(preserve_get_row(j), buf) == 0) {
+                    dup = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (dup)
+                continue;
+
+            char *row = (char *)preserve_get_row(g_preserve_count);
+            strncpy(row, buf, INSTALL_PRESERVE_PATH_BYTES - 1);
+            row[INSTALL_PRESERVE_PATH_BYTES - 1] = '\0';
+            g_preserve_count++;
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+    ram_config_free_sections(&sections);
+
+    if (g_preserve_count == 0) {
+        free(g_preserve_block);
+        g_preserve_block = NULL;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    g_preserve_update_active = true;
+    install_set_color(COLOR_CYAN);
+    gfx_printf("  preserve.ini: %d Pfad(e) von Update-Bereinigung ausgenommen\n", g_preserve_count);
+    install_set_color(COLOR_WHITE);
+}
+
+void install_preserve_update_cleanup_end(void)
+{
+    if (g_preserve_block) {
+        free(g_preserve_block);
+        g_preserve_block = NULL;
+    }
+    g_preserve_count = 0;
+    g_preserve_update_active = false;
+}
+
 /* Valid [Ram] 8gb=0|1 → silent; missing file or invalid → menu. */
 static int read_ram_config_silent(const char *path, bool *use_8gb)
 {
@@ -884,14 +1039,6 @@ typedef struct {
     bool skip_hekate_8gb_post_copy;
 } install_debug_opts_t;
 
-static bool install_ini_truth(const char *val)
-{
-    if (!val || !val[0])
-        return false;
-    char c = val[0];
-    return c == '1' || c == 't' || c == 'T' || c == 'y' || c == 'Y';
-}
-
 static void install_debug_load(install_debug_opts_t *d)
 {
     memset(d, 0, sizeof(*d));
@@ -912,25 +1059,25 @@ static void install_debug_load(install_debug_opts_t *d)
             if (!kv->key || !kv->val)
                 continue;
             if (strcmp(kv->key, "skip_clean_backup") == 0)
-                d->skip_clean_backup = install_ini_truth(kv->val);
+                d->skip_clean_backup = install_ini_kv_truth(kv->val);
             else if (strcmp(kv->key, "skip_clean_wipe") == 0)
-                d->skip_clean_wipe = install_ini_truth(kv->val);
+                d->skip_clean_wipe = install_ini_kv_truth(kv->val);
             else if (strcmp(kv->key, "skip_clean_restore") == 0)
-                d->skip_clean_restore = install_ini_truth(kv->val);
+                d->skip_clean_restore = install_ini_kv_truth(kv->val);
             else if (strcmp(kv->key, "skip_clean_install") == 0)
-                d->skip_clean_install = install_ini_truth(kv->val);
+                d->skip_clean_install = install_ini_kv_truth(kv->val);
             else if (strcmp(kv->key, "skip_clean_staging_cleanup") == 0)
-                d->skip_clean_staging_cleanup = install_ini_truth(kv->val);
+                d->skip_clean_staging_cleanup = install_ini_kv_truth(kv->val);
             else if (strcmp(kv->key, "skip_update_cleanup") == 0)
-                d->skip_update_cleanup = install_ini_truth(kv->val);
+                d->skip_update_cleanup = install_ini_kv_truth(kv->val);
             else if (strcmp(kv->key, "skip_update_install") == 0)
-                d->skip_update_install = install_ini_truth(kv->val);
+                d->skip_update_install = install_ini_kv_truth(kv->val);
             else if (strcmp(kv->key, "skip_update_staging_cleanup") == 0)
-                d->skip_update_staging_cleanup = install_ini_truth(kv->val);
+                d->skip_update_staging_cleanup = install_ini_kv_truth(kv->val);
             else if (strcmp(kv->key, "skip_update_horizon_oc") == 0)
-                d->skip_update_horizon_oc = install_ini_truth(kv->val);
+                d->skip_update_horizon_oc = install_ini_kv_truth(kv->val);
             else if (strcmp(kv->key, "skip_hekate_8gb_post_copy") == 0)
-                d->skip_hekate_8gb_post_copy = install_ini_truth(kv->val);
+                d->skip_hekate_8gb_post_copy = install_ini_kv_truth(kv->val);
         }
         break;
     }
diff --git a/source/install.h b/source/install.h
index 3e0a2d8..b63363b 100644
--- a/source/install.h
+++ b/source/install.h
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ int clean_mode_wipe(void);
 int clean_mode_restore(void);
 int clean_mode_install(omninx_variant_t variant);
 
+void install_preserve_update_cleanup_begin(void);
+void install_preserve_update_cleanup_end(void);
+
 // Shared helpers (install.c) - used by install_update.c and install_clean.c
 void install_set_color(u32 color);
 void install_check_and_clear_screen_if_needed(void);
diff --git a/source/install_update.c b/source/install_update.c
index 94d40a3..247d865 100644
--- a/source/install_update.c
+++ b/source/install_update.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 // Update mode: Cleanup specific directories/files
 int update_mode_cleanup(omninx_variant_t variant) {
     (void)variant;
+    install_preserve_update_cleanup_begin();
+
     check_and_clear_screen_if_needed();
 
     set_color(COLOR_WHITE);
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ int update_mode_cleanup(omninx_variant_t variant) {
         misc_files_to_delete,
         NULL);
 
+    install_preserve_update_cleanup_end();
+
     set_color(COLOR_GREEN);
     gfx_printf("  Bereinigung abgeschlossen!\n");
     set_color(COLOR_WHITE);
diff --git a/source/main.c b/source/main.c
index 56f3f88..dcfbaec 100644
--- a/source/main.c
+++ b/source/main.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static int launch_payload(const char *path) {
     if (sd_mount()) {
         FIL fp;
         if (f_open(&fp, path, FA_READ)) {
-            gfx_printf("Payload nicht gefunden: %s\n", path);
+            gfx_printf("Hekate nicht gefunden: %s\n", path);
             return 1;
         }
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ void ipl_main(void) {
         if (file_exists(PAYLOAD_PATH)) {
             gfx_printf("\n");
             set_color(COLOR_CYAN);
-            gfx_printf("Payload wird gestartet...\n");
+            gfx_printf("Hekate wird gestartet...\n");
             set_color(COLOR_WHITE);
             msleep(500);
             launch_payload(PAYLOAD_PATH);
@@ -721,16 +721,16 @@ void ipl_main(void) {
     
     gfx_printf("\n");
     set_color(COLOR_CYAN);
-    gfx_printf("Payload wird gestartet...\n");
+    gfx_printf("Hekate wird gestartet...\n");
     set_color(COLOR_WHITE);
     msleep(500); // Brief delay before launch
     
     if (file_exists(PAYLOAD_PATH)) {
         launch_payload(PAYLOAD_PATH);
     } else {
-        // Payload not found, show error
+        // Hekate (update.bin) not found, show error
         set_color(COLOR_RED);
-        gfx_printf("\nFEHLER: Payload nicht gefunden!\n");
+        gfx_printf("\nFEHLER: Hekate nicht gefunden!\n");
         gfx_printf("Pfad: %s\n", PAYLOAD_PATH);
         set_color(COLOR_WHITE);
         gfx_printf("\nDruecke A oder Power zum Neustart...\n");