This is the most common question in reputation management and the one most often answered dishonestly. Here is the real position.
Only the publisher can delete their own article, and legitimate outlets rarely do. There are exceptions: factual corrections, content that breaches the site’s own terms, copyright infringement, and material a court has found defamatory.
Google will de-index in narrow circumstances, mainly involving legal orders, certain personal information, and specific privacy rules that vary by jurisdiction. It is a real pathway but a narrow one.
Suppression. The first page of results holds roughly ten positions. Fill them with accurate, authoritative material about you and the article moves to page two, where almost nobody looks.
Months, not days, and it depends on how authoritative the site is and how competitive your name is. Anyone promising a fixed date is guessing.
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