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Business Combinations - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 2 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Oct. 27, 2014 | Nov. 30, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Sep. 27, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition, borrowings |  | $ 0 us-gaap_LongTermDebt |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition related expenses | 126,711,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts | 4,690,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts | 3,109,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts |  |  |  |  |
Term Loan [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition, borrowings |  |  |  | 2,200,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = zbra_TermLoanMember |  |  |  |
Enterprise Business [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Preliminary purchase price |  |  |  | 3,450,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  | 3,450,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |
Ownership percentage of the Enterprise Business. |  |  |  | 100.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |  |
Business acquisition, borrowings | 3,250,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |  |  |  | 3,250,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |
Business acquisition, consideration paid | 3,500,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition related expenses | 126,700,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition goodwill amount |  |  |  | 2,336,000,000 zbra_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationsGoodwillAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |  |
Business acquisition intangible assets |  |  |  | 1,014,000,000 zbra_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationIntangibleAssetOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |  |
Business acquisition indemnifications recorded |  |  |  | 19,900,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationIndemnificationAssetsAmountAsOfAcquisitionDate / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |  |
Business acquisition, goodwill, expected tax deductible amount | 74,400,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |  |  |  | 74,400,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |
Integration costs | 10,500,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationIntegrationRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Enterprise revenue | 476,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsRevenuesAndGainsRecognized / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net loss | 1,300,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsNetGainsAndLosses / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Increase in fair value adjustment for cost of sales | 30,100,000 zbra_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationInventoryAdjustmentToFairValueRecognizedInCostOfSalesDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition, transaction costs | 48,100,000 zbra_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationTransactionRelatedCost / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Transition services cost |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9,600,000 zbra_TransitionServicesCost / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |
Transition services cost per month |  |  |  |  | 6,000,000 zbra_TransitionServicesCostPerMonth / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  |  |
Enterprise Business [Member] | Term Loan [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition, borrowings | 2,200,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = zbra_TermLoanMember |  |  |  |  |  | 2,200,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = zbra_TermLoanMember |
Senior notes, maturity year | 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Enterprise Business [Member] | Senior Notes due 2022 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition, borrowings | 1,050,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = zbra_SeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyTwoMember |  |  |  |  |  | 1,050,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = zbra_SeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyTwoMember |
Senior notes, maturity year | 2022 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior notes, stated interest percentage | 7.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = zbra_SeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyTwoMember |  |  |  |  |  | 7.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = zbra_SeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyTwoMember |
Hart Systems LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition goodwill amount |  | 60,900,000 zbra_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationsGoodwillAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash acquired in business combination |  | 95,700,000 zbra_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationsCurrentAssetsCashAndCashEquivalents / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Business acquisition goodwill adjustment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 58,600,000 us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAndPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember
Acquisition date |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Dec. 18, 2013

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