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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2009
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Effective tax rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate      
Deferred tax liabilities $ 287,926,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities $ 43,939,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities    
Deferred income taxes undistributed foreign earnings 466,400,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings 354,200,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings    
Net operating loss carryforwards, state 26,800,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsStateAndLocal      
Deferred tax assets, tax credit carryforwards, alternative minimum tax 3,900,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsAlternativeMinimumTax      
Net operating loss carryforwards 27,016,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards 597,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards    
Unrecognized tax benefit effective rate 700,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate      
Decrease in unrealized tax benefit (2,800,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsPeriodIncreaseDecrease      
Income tax interest and penalties 3,100,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 0us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestExpense    
Minimum [Member]        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Open tax years by major tax jurisdiction 2010      
Maximum [Member]        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Open tax years by major tax jurisdiction 2014      
Inland Revenue, Singapore (IRAS) [Member]        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Royalty expense 3,200,000us-gaap_RoyaltyExpense
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= us-gaap_InlandRevenueSingaporeIRASMember		      
Penalty expense 600,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesExpense
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= us-gaap_InlandRevenueSingaporeIRASMember		      
Inland Revenue, Singapore (IRAS) [Member] | Minimum [Member]        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Income tax examination relating to royalty payments 2009      
Inland Revenue, Singapore (IRAS) [Member] | Maximum [Member]        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Income tax examination relating to royalty payments 2013      
Singapore Economic Development Board [Member]        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Effective tax rate       17.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
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= zbra_SingaporeEconomicDevelopmentBoardMember
Income tax rate       10.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
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= zbra_SingaporeEconomicDevelopmentBoardMember
Expiration of tax rate if agreed commitments are not met 2015      
Extended tax rate expiration date if requirements are met 2016      
Reduction in consolidated income taxes 2,000,000us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInIncomeTaxes
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= zbra_SingaporeEconomicDevelopmentBoardMember		 1,900,000us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInIncomeTaxes
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= zbra_SingaporeEconomicDevelopmentBoardMember		 2,000,000us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInIncomeTaxes
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= zbra_SingaporeEconomicDevelopmentBoardMember		  
Federal [Member]        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Net operating loss carryforwards, expire 2022      
Net operating loss carryforwards, federal 156,300,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsDomestic
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= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember		      
Net operating loss carryforwards 8,800,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards
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= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember		      
State [Member]        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Net operating loss carryforwards, expire 2017      
UK Tax Laws [Member]        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Net operating loss carryforwards, expire 2017      
Deferred tax assets, tax credit carryforwards, foreign 1,700,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsForeign
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= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember		      
Federal Research And Experimentation [Member]        
Income Taxes [Line Items]        
Net operating loss carryforwards, expire 2025      
Deferred tax assets, tax credit carryforwards, research $ 30,100,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxCreditCarryforwardsResearch
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= zbra_FederalResearchAndExperimentationMember