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Goodwill and Other Intangible Asset Data - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Sep. 27, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2011
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition | $ 2,336,000,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill, gross | 180,700,000 us-gaap_GoodwillGross |  |  |  |  |
Accumulated impairments | 101,000,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill | 2,489,510,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | 94,942,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | 155,800,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | 155,800,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | 58,600,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | 79,703,000 us-gaap_Goodwill
Impairment of goodwill |  | 9,114,000 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss |  |  |  |
Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated useful life of Intangible Assets | 1 year |  |  |  |  |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated useful life of Intangible Assets | 15 years |  |  |  |  |
Patents and Other Intellectual Property [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired intangible assets | 1,014,000,000 us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1 / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = zbra_PatentsAndOtherIntellectualPropertyMember |  |  |  |  |
Hart Systems LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition |  |  | 60,900,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember | 60,858,000 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember |  |
Impairment of goodwill |  |  | 0 us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember |  |  |
Hart Systems LLC [Member] | Patents and Other Intellectual Property [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired intangible assets |  |  |  | $ 37,200,000 us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = zbra_PatentsAndOtherIntellectualPropertyMember |  |

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