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I generally don't use the word 'withdrawal' when talking about taking money out of retirement accounts. The Tax code and the IRS use the word 'distribution' or the movement of funds out of a retirement account. It's my belief that TurboTax's use of the word 'withdrawal' to make TurboTax feel more user friendly serves to confuse rather than help because the word 'withdrawal' to me implies unrestricted access to the funds.
You need to obtain two different distributions one regular distribution of $1,500 and one return of contribution of $3,200. The Roth IRA custodian should calculate the gain or loss attributable to the $3,200 contribution being returned and will distribute the adjusted amount. If the $3,200 contribution for 2022 was made in 2022, this gain will be taxable on your 2022 tax return, so you'll need to know the amount of the gain to be able to avoid amending your 2022 tax return to add the taxable gain when the code PJ 2023 Form 1099-R arrives next year. If the $3,200 contribution for 2022 was made in 2023, it's likely that the Roth IRA custodian will report the return of contribution on a code-8J Form 1099-R and the gain will be includible on your 2023 tax return instead.
Note that instead of obtaining a return of the $3,200 excess contribution you could request that the Roth IRA custodian recharacterize that contribution to be a traditional IRA contribution instead, but the resulting traditional IRA contribution for 2022 might be nondeductible depending on whether or not you our your spouse was covered by a workplace retirement plan for 2022.