Alternatively, go to the formula bar and right the numbers for subtraction as shown below: The example of subtracting numbersįor subtracting numbers, you may directly write the numbers with minus sign in the desired cell. See the following section for using the minus operator in different examples. In that case, the cells containing negative values will be subtracted. For example:įor subtracting numbers in cell ranges, you may use the SUM function. Instead, you may accomplish the task of subtracting numbers or a cell’s value from the other by using the minus arithmetic operator (-).