diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a7cce3b..59998de 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -68,7 +68,38 @@ EXCLUDE_ARGS := $(addprefix --exclude=,$(EXCLUDES))
 
 .PHONY: new lb main lb_copy_files main_copy_files set_permissions create_archive \
 	lb_archive_move main_archive_move main_install_archive clean \
-	delete_files_list lb_delete_files_list
+	delete_files_list lb_delete_files_list generate_deleted_files
+
+# ─── Generate deleted_files.txt from git diff ───────────────────
+# Usage: make generate_deleted_files [LAST_TAG=v1.2.3]
+# Writes to src/migrations/deleted_files.txt for manual review.
+generate_deleted_files:
+	@if [ -z "$(LAST_TAG)" ]; then \
+		echo "[ERROR] LAST_TAG is empty — cannot detect latest release."; \
+		echo "        Pass it manually: make generate_deleted_files LAST_TAG=v1.2.3"; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+	@if ! git rev-parse "$(LAST_TAG)" >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
+		echo "[ERROR] Tag '$(LAST_TAG)' not found locally. Run: git fetch --tags"; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+	@echo "[INFO] Generating deleted_files.txt: $(LAST_TAG)..HEAD"
+	@{ \
+		echo '# Files to delete during update (relative to MAIN_HOME)'; \
+		echo '# Auto-generated from: git diff $(LAST_TAG)..HEAD'; \
+		echo '# One file per line. Lines starting with # are comments.'; \
+		echo '#'; \
+		git diff --name-status "$(LAST_TAG)"..HEAD -- src/ \
+			| awk '$$1 == "D" { sub(/^src\//, "", $$2); print $$2 }'; \
+	} > "$(MAIN_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt"
+	@rCount=$$(grep -cv '^#\|^$$' "$(MAIN_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt" 2>/dev/null || echo 0); \
+		echo "[INFO] Generated $(MAIN_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt ($$rCount files)"; \
+		if [ "$$rCount" -gt 0 ]; then \
+			echo "[INFO] Files to delete:"; \
+			grep -v '^#' "$(MAIN_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt" | grep -v '^$$'; \
+		else \
+			echo "[INFO] No deleted files detected since $(LAST_TAG)"; \
+		fi
 
 # ─── MAIN targets ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # Single archive: used for both clean install and update.
@@ -147,31 +178,21 @@ main_copy_files:
 	@echo "All files gitkeep deleted"
 
 delete_files_list:
-	@echo "[INFO] Generating deleted files list from $(LAST_TAG) to HEAD"
-	@if [ -z "$(LAST_TAG)" ]; then \
-		echo "[WARN] LAST_TAG is empty — skipping deleted files list"; \
-	else \
+	@echo "[INFO] Checking for manual deleted files list"
+	@if [ -f "$(MAIN_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt" ]; then \
 		mkdir -p "$(TEMP_DIR)/migrations"; \
-		git diff --no-renames --name-status --diff-filter=D "$(LAST_TAG)..HEAD" \
-			| cut -f2 | grep '^src/' | sed 's|^src/||' | sort -u \
-			> "$(TEMP_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt"; \
-		if [ -s "$(TEMP_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt" ]; then \
-			echo "[INFO] Files to delete on update:"; \
-			cat "$(TEMP_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt"; \
-		else \
-			echo "[INFO] No deleted files found"; \
-			rm -f "$(TEMP_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt"; \
-		fi; \
+		cp "$(MAIN_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt" "$(TEMP_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt"; \
+		echo "[INFO] Files to delete on update:"; \
+		grep -v '^#' "$(TEMP_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt" | grep -v '^$$' || true; \
+	else \
+		echo "[INFO] No deleted_files.txt found — skipping"; \
 	fi
 
 lb_delete_files_list:
-	@echo "[INFO] Generating LB-scoped deleted files list from $(LAST_TAG) to HEAD"
-	@if [ -z "$(LAST_TAG)" ]; then \
-		echo "[WARN] LAST_TAG is empty — skipping deleted files list"; \
-	else \
+	@echo "[INFO] Checking for manual deleted files list (LB-scoped)"
+	@if [ -f "$(MAIN_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt" ]; then \
 		mkdir -p "$(TEMP_DIR)/migrations"; \
-		git diff --no-renames --name-status --diff-filter=D "$(LAST_TAG)..HEAD" \
-			| cut -f2 | grep '^src/' | sed 's|^src/||' | sort -u \
+		grep -v '^#' "$(MAIN_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt" | grep -v '^$$' \
 			| awk -v dirs="$(LB_DIRS)" -v files="$(LB_ROOT_FILES)" ' \
 				BEGIN { n=split(dirs,d," "); m=split(files,f," ") } \
 				{ ok=0; for(i=1;i<=n;i++) if(index($$0,d[i]"/")==1){ok=1;break} \
@@ -185,6 +206,8 @@ lb_delete_files_list:
 			echo "[INFO] No LB-scoped deleted files found"; \
 			rm -f "$(TEMP_DIR)/migrations/deleted_files.txt"; \
 		fi; \
+	else \
+		echo "[INFO] No deleted_files.txt found — skipping"; \
 	fi
 
 set_permissions:
diff --git a/src/migrations/deleted_files.txt b/src/migrations/deleted_files.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65ed236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/migrations/deleted_files.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+# Files to delete during update (relative to MAIN_HOME)
+# Auto-generated from: git diff 1.2.16..HEAD
+# One file per line. Lines starting with # are comments.
+#
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/jwplayer.controls.js
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/jwplayer.core.controls.html5.js
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/jwplayer.core.controls.js
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/jwplayer.core.controls.polyfills.html5.js
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/jwplayer.core.controls.polyfills.js
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/jwplayer.core.js
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/jwplayer.js
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/polyfills.intersection-observer.js
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/polyfills.webvtt.js
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/provider.airplay.js
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/provider.cast.js
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/provider.hlsjs.js
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/provider.html5.js
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/related.js
+admin/assets/libs/jwplayer/vttparser.js
+admin/bouquets.php
+admin/client_logs.php
+admin/created_channels.php
+admin/credit_logs.php
+admin/dashboard.php
+admin/enigma.php
+admin/enigmas.php
+admin/epg_view.php
+admin/epgs.php
+admin/episodes.php
+admin/fingerprint.php
+admin/footer.php
+admin/groups.php
+admin/index.php
+admin/ips.php
+admin/line_activity.php
+admin/live_connections.php
+admin/mag_events.php
+admin/mags.php
+admin/movie_mass.php
+admin/movies.php
+admin/ondemand.php
+admin/player.php
+admin/profiles.php
+admin/queue.php
+admin/radios.php
+admin/restream_logs.php
+admin/series.php
+admin/series_mass.php
+admin/stream.php
+admin/stream_category.php
+admin/stream_mass.php
+admin/stream_rank.php
+admin/stream_review.php
+admin/streams.php
+admin/theft_detection.php
+admin/user_logs.php
+admin/user_mass.php
+admin/users.php
+admin/watch_add.php
+admin/watch_output.php
+bin/ffmpeg_bin/4.3/ffmpeg
+bin/ffmpeg_bin/4.3/ffprobe
+bin/ffmpeg_bin/4.4/ffmpeg
+bin/ffmpeg_bin/4.4/ffprobe
+bin/ffmpeg_bin/5.1/ffmpeg
+bin/ffmpeg_bin/5.1/ffprobe
+bin/redis/redis-server_6.2.2
+crons/activity.php
+crons/backups.php
+crons/cache.php
+crons/cache_engine.php
+crons/certbot.php
+crons/cleanup.php
+crons/epg.php
+crons/errors.php
+crons/lines_logs.php
+crons/plex.php
+crons/providers.php
+crons/root_mysql.php
+crons/root_signals.php
+crons/series.php
+crons/streams.php
+crons/streams_logs.php
+crons/tmdb.php
+crons/tmdb_popular.php
+crons/tmp.php
+crons/update.php
+crons/users.php
+crons/vod.php
+crons/watch.php
+domain/Bouquet/BouquetMapper.php
+domain/Bouquet/BouquetRepository.php
+domain/Stream/CategoryRepository.php
+includes/CoreUtilities.php
+includes/StreamingUtilities.php
+includes/admin.php
+includes/admin_api.php
+includes/cli/archive.php
+includes/cli/balancer.php
+includes/cli/binaries.php
+includes/cli/cache_handler.php
+includes/cli/certbot.php
+includes/cli/created.php
+includes/cli/delay.php
+includes/cli/llod.php
+includes/cli/loopback.php
+includes/cli/monitor.php
+includes/cli/ondemand.php
+includes/cli/plex_item.php
+includes/cli/proxy.php
+includes/cli/queue.php
+includes/cli/record.php
+includes/cli/scanner.php
+includes/cli/signals.php
+includes/cli/startup.php
+includes/cli/thumbnail.php
+includes/cli/tools.php
+includes/cli/update.php
+includes/cli/watch_item.php
+includes/cli/watchdog.php
+includes/data/permissions.php
+includes/langs/de.ini
+includes/langs/en.ini
+includes/langs/es.ini
+includes/langs/fr.ini
+includes/langs/pt.ini
+includes/libs/Translator.php
+includes/libs/iptables.php
+includes/python/PTN/__init__.pyc
+includes/python/PTN/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
+includes/python/PTN/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc
+includes/python/PTN/__pycache__/parse.cpython-36.pyc
+includes/python/PTN/__pycache__/parse.cpython-38.pyc
+includes/python/PTN/__pycache__/patterns.cpython-36.pyc
+includes/python/PTN/__pycache__/patterns.cpython-38.pyc
+includes/python/PTN/parse.pyc
+includes/python/PTN/patterns.pyc
+player/episodes.php
+player/index.php
+player/js/jwplayer.controls.js
+player/js/jwplayer.core.controls.html5.js
+player/js/jwplayer.core.controls.js
+player/js/jwplayer.core.controls.polyfills.html5.js
+player/js/jwplayer.core.controls.polyfills.js
+player/js/jwplayer.core.js
+player/js/jwplayer.js
+player/js/polyfills.intersection-observer.js
+player/js/polyfills.webvtt.js
+player/js/provider.airplay.js
+player/js/provider.cast.js
+player/js/provider.hlsjs.js
+player/js/provider.html5.js
+player/js/related.js
+player/js/vttparser.js
+player/listings.php
+player/live.php
+player/login.php
+player/logout.php
+player/movie.php
+player/movies.php
+player/profile.php
+player/proxy.php
+player/resize.php
+player/series.php
+reseller/api.php
+reseller/assets
+reseller/created_channels.php
+reseller/dashboard.php
+reseller/edit_profile.php
+reseller/enigma.php
+reseller/enigmas.php
+reseller/epg_view.php
+reseller/episodes.php
+reseller/functions.php
+reseller/index.php
+reseller/line.php
+reseller/line_activity.php
+reseller/lines.php
+reseller/live_connections.php
+reseller/login.php
+reseller/logout.php
+reseller/mag.php
+reseller/mags.php
+reseller/movies.php
+reseller/post.php
+reseller/radios.php
+reseller/resize.php
+reseller/session.php
+reseller/streams.php
+reseller/ticket.php
+reseller/ticket_view.php
+reseller/tickets.php
+reseller/user.php
+reseller/user_logs.php
+reseller/users.php
+resources/data/permissions.php
+status
+tools
+www/api.php
+www/enigma2.php
+www/epg.php
+www/player_api.php
+www/playlist.php
+www/xplugin.php