According to an Ars Technica report, social network Facebook is finally getting around to deleting those embarrassing pictures from its servers which users think have already been deleted for good.

As a result of the move, which has come after a flood of user complaints about their deleted photos which Facebook retained on its servers till now, the users' deleted photos will be permanently deleted from Facebook servers within 30 days of getting a request.

Revealing that the users' deleted photos will no longer languish on the social network for people for later accessibility, Facebook told Ars Technica that though it had, for years, been unable to remove deleted photos from its servers, new photo-storage systems have now been put in place to ensure that the users' deleted photos are permanently removed from the company's servers.

According to the information shared by Facebook, the new photo-storage systems will allow the deleted photos of the users to be permanently removed from the social network's content delivery network (CDN) in a timely manner --- that is, the deleted photos will not stay around on servers any longer than 30 days after their deletion by the users.

Noting that Facebook had worked on its policies and infrastructure to institute "a 'max-age' of 30 days for our CDN links," Facebook spokesperson Frederic Wolens told Ars technical that, in some cases, "the content will expire on the CDN much more quickly, based on a number of factors."