---
title: "Liquid filters: minus"
description: Subtracts a given number from another number.
api_name: liquid
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/minus
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/minus.md
---

# minus

```oobleck
number | minus: number
```

returns [number](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#number)

Subtracts a given number from another number.

```liquid
{{ 4 | minus: 2 }}
```

##### Code

```
{{ 4 | minus: 2 }}
```

## Output

```html
2
```