Squares Subtract
Featuring one square with another subtracted from it, this icon represents Boolean subtraction operations in vector graphics software.
Exports at 24 × 24 px
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In any framework. Customize it above, and the code follows.
export const SquaresSubtractIcon = (props: React.SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>) => (
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" {...props}>
<path fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth="2" d="M10 22a2 2 0 0 1-2-2m8 2h-2m2-18a2 2 0 0 0-2-2H4a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v10a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h3a1 1 0 0 0 1-1v-5a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h5a1 1 0 0 0 1-1zm4 4a2 2 0 0 1 2 2m0 4v2m0 4a2 2 0 0 1-2 2"/>
</svg>
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What the Squares Subtract icon means and where it's used, then how to install, style, label and license it.
Featuring one square with another subtracted from it, this icon represents Boolean subtraction operations in vector graphics software. The subtract pattern indicates removing one shape from another, the path operation that creates cutouts and negative spaces by subtracting foreground shapes from background objects.
In design applications like Figma, Adobe Illustrator, and Affinity Designer, users apply subtraction to create knockout effects and holes within shapes. Logo design workflows implement it for creating negative space typography, while UI design tools display it for crafting icons with internal cutouts and compound shapes requiring precise shape removal.
The subtraction operation communicates more than deletion - it specifically represents controlled removal, the Boolean logic that maintains shape boundaries while creating negative spaces, and the design technique that enables sophisticated logo creation through shape manipulation. This operation helps designers create complex graphics efficiently.
Squares Subtract is one of 1,655 icons in Lucide, made by Lucide Contributors and released under ISC. It is drawn on a 24 × 24 grid with a 2 stroke.
Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds SquaresSubtractIcon to components/icons/lucide-squares-subtract.tsx: one file, a size prop (24 by default) and every SVG prop, with no icon package.
Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed SquaresSubtractIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. Only the icons you import reach your bundle. It works in Next.js and any React app.
Yes, if your project has lucide-react: Squares Subtract is `SquaresSubtractIcon` there, used as <SquaresSubtractIcon />. The shadcn.io MCP server answers with that import when it finds the package. Without it, copy the icon from here.
Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside, and SVG and data URL copies are there for plain HTML and CSS.
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It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it: a class like text-primary recolors it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.
Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 24 × 24 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation, and its stroke.
Squares Subtract is a line icon drawn with a stroke width of 2. Change it in Customize before you copy, or pass strokeWidth to the installed component when all of its strokes share one width.
Yes. It follows the text color, so with text-foreground (or any theme token) it changes with your light and dark themes. The icon is a vector, so it needs no separate dark asset.
Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Squares Subtract", so screen readers say what it does.
Yes. SquaresSubtractIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <SquaresSubtractIcon aria-hidden="true" /> works, and so do role="img" with aria-label, or a title child, when it carries meaning on its own.
Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.
Yes. ISC allows commercial use; keep the license notice when you ship the icons' source files. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.
No visible credit is required: ISC only asks that you keep the license notice if you ship the icons' source files. Icons installed with the shadcn CLI already start with a comment naming Lucide, Lucide Contributors and the license.
Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.
Its tags are remove, operation, negative, subtract, shapes and cut. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for Squares Subtract in another set.
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