How to subtract in Excel By Anita George Published September 11, 2024 Armin Rimoldi/Pexels Using Microsoft Excel to subtract numbers may take a few more steps than you're used to, but it can be done.

Create a formula to add or subtract data in Excel by using cell numbers Above, we have seen a simple method to create a formula to add or subtract data in Excel.

Subtracting isn’t as straightforward in Excel as it seems, simply because there’s no actual command to subtract numbers. Instead, you have to use a formula with the subtraction operator.

How to Minus Years in Excel. Microsoft Excel handles dates as numbers, even though they display as dates -- for example, the date "10/10/2011" is really stored as "40826." This makes it difficult ...