Google/Bing removing results pointing to deleted pages?

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I've been working with a company on updating a website. The new site is database driven and 100x more professional than the last.
The problem we have now is that searching for specifics on Google/Bing results in the old site's index being found. So a search result will take you to a dead link - the old page simply no longer exists.

I know that Google/Bing will index pages/sites in "their own time" - larger sites will find their sites indexed quickly, smaller may take time.
How does it work for links that no longer exist? Do Google/Bing actively "de-index" pages from sites once they are found not to exist? Can we speed that process up?

Thanks.
 
Whenever URLs change, you need to redirect the old URLs to the equivalent new URLs: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/93633?hl=en

Ideally, it's something you prepare in advance of URLs changing. More info here: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6033049?hl=en

Google and Bing will de-index dead links eventually. If they were important pages, that received search traffic, you should redirect them. The method you use to redirect URLs depends on what server the website is hosted on, and what access you have to it.
 
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