Subtraction methods in Excel aren't the quickest or simplest, but if you need to get it done, we can show you how to subtract in Excel. Here's how.

You can subtract numbers in Microsoft Excel in a few different ways, depending on your data and formatting.

Learning how to subtract a date from today in Excel can help you find the number of days between a given date and today’s date.

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.