diff --git a/gui/slick/views/config_general.mako b/gui/slick/views/config_general.mako
index ddba429bc05e201ae75328411fb3def7f7031462..304dc291731a5b94667156ce63da5ce9e5d6ec5c 100644
--- a/gui/slick/views/config_general.mako
+++ b/gui/slick/views/config_general.mako
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@
                             </label>
                         </div>
 
-                        <div class="field-pair">
+                        <div class="field-pair" hidden>
                             <label for="git_reset">
                                 <span class="component-title">Git reset</span>
                                 <span class="component-desc">
diff --git a/sickbeard/versionChecker.py b/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
index d9a38b219d7fbeb79ac45e6a7dfc683d230d8620..a106aaeacd6b2a836f14fb77aa19fd91c2f7c8b7 100644
--- a/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
+++ b/sickbeard/versionChecker.py
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ class GitUpdateManager(UpdateManager):
 
         # remove untracked files and performs a hard reset on git branch to avoid update issues
         if sickbeard.GIT_RESET:
-            self.clean()
+            #self.clean() # This is removing user data and backups
             self.reset()
 
         if self.branch == self._find_installed_branch():