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Equity-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended |
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Stock purchase plan expense |  |  | $ 242,000 us-gaap_EmployeeStockOwnershipPlanESOPCompensationExpense |  |
Shares, Granted | 0 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross | 0 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross | 0 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross |  |
Shares, Granted | 656,755 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod |  |  |  |
Unearned compensation costs related to awards granted | 53,500,000 us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized |  |  |  |
Unearned compensation cost, expected to be recognized over period (years) | 2 years |  |  |  |
Expected weighted-average life | 5 years 4 months 10 days | 5 years 5 months 1 day | 5 years 5 months 23 days |  |
Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Expected weighted-average life | 3 months |  |  |  |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Expected weighted-average life | 1 year |  |  |  |
Stock Option and Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Award vesting period | 4 years |  |  |  |
Stock Option and Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Award vesting period | 5 years |  |  |  |
2011 Plan [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Shares authorized for issuance of awards | 5,500,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_TwoThousandAndElevenZebraTechnologiesCorporationIncentiveCompensationPlanMember |  |  |  |
Shares available for grant | 3,307,608 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_TwoThousandAndElevenZebraTechnologiesCorporationIncentiveCompensationPlanMember |  |  |  |
Options outstanding | 818,949 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_TwoThousandAndElevenZebraTechnologiesCorporationIncentiveCompensationPlanMember |  |  |  |
Expiration period (in years) | 10 years |  |  |  |
Expiration period, if employee is terminated involuntarily other than for cause (days) | 90 days |  |  |  |
Expiration period, if employee voluntarily terminates his or her employment (days) | 30 days |  |  |  |
Expiration period, if employee's employment terminates due to death, disability, or retirement (Years) | 1 year |  |  |  |
2002 Director Plan [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Shares outstanding and exercisable | 80,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_TwoThousandAndTwoDirectorPlanMember |  |  |  |
Expiration period (in years) | 10 years |  |  |  |
RSA [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Award vesting period | 1 year |  |  |  |
RSA [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Award vesting period | 3 years |  |  |  |
1997 Plan [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Shares outstanding and exercisable | 85,197 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_OneThousandNineHundredAndNinetySevenPlanMember |  |  |  |
WhereNet Options [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Shares outstanding and exercisable | 1,604 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_WherenetOptionsMember |  |  |  |
2011 Stock Purchase Plan [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Minimum working hours per week |  |  |  | 20 zbra_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardMinimumWorkingHoursPerWeekOfEmployeeForEligibility / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_TwoThousandElevenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember |
Maximum percentage of compensation deductions |  |  |  | 10.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardMaximumEmployeeSubscriptionRate / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_TwoThousandElevenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember |
Stock purchase plan expense | $ 326,000 us-gaap_EmployeeStockOwnershipPlanESOPCompensationExpense / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_TwoThousandElevenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember | 224,000 us-gaap_EmployeeStockOwnershipPlanESOPCompensationExpense / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_TwoThousandElevenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember |  |  |
2011 Stock Purchase Plan [Member] | Date Of The Grant [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of purchase price on fair market value |  |  |  | 95.00%zbra_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPurchasePricePerShareEqualToLesserOfFairMarketValuePercentage / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_TwoThousandElevenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember / us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis = zbra_DateOfGrantMember |
2011 Stock Purchase Plan [Member] | Date Of Purchase [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of purchase price on fair market value |  |  |  | 95.00%zbra_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPurchasePricePerShareEqualToLesserOfFairMarketValuePercentage / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_TwoThousandElevenEmployeeStockPurchasePlanMember / us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis = zbra_DateOfPurchaseMember |
2006 Plan [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Expiration period (in years) | 10 years |  |  |  |
Expiration period, if employee is terminated involuntarily other than for cause (days) | 90 days |  |  |  |
Expiration period, if employee voluntarily terminates his or her employment (days) | 30 days |  |  |  |
Expiration period, if employee's employment terminates due to death, disability, or retirement (Years) | 1 year |  |  |  |
Shares outstanding and exercisable | 774,661 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_TwoThousandAndSixZebraTechnologiesCorporationIncentiveCompensationPlanMember |  |  |  |
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding | 1,292,142 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember | 1,402,784 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember | 1,535,804 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember |  | 1,287,724 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
Expiration period (in years) | 10 years |  |  |  |
Shares outstanding and exercisable | 586,344 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember | 520,426 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember | 514,787 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember |  |
Shares, Granted | 195,560 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember | 326,811 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember | 431,040 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember |  |
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member] | Vest Annually In Each Of First Four Anniversaries [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Shares expected to vest | 195,560 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember / us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis = zbra_VestAnnuallyInEachOfFirstFourAnniversariesMember | 326,811 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingNumber / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember / us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualShareBasedPaymentsByTypeOfDeferredCompensationAxis = zbra_VestAnnuallyInEachOfFirstFourAnniversariesMember |  |  |
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Shares, Granted | 42,071 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember |  |  |  |
Shares, Released | 4 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember |  |  |  |
Shares, Forfeited | 103 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = us-gaap_RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember |  |  |  |
Performance Stock Units [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Shares, Granted | 10,345 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_PerformanceStockUnitsMember |  |  |  |
Shares, Released | 0 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_PerformanceStockUnitsMember |  |  |  |
Shares, Forfeited | 0 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod / us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis = zbra_PerformanceStockUnitsMember |  |  |  |

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- Definition Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a)(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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