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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
	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		$ 0us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Acquisition related expenses	126,711,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts	4,690,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts	3,109,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
Term Loan [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Enterprise Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Preliminary purchase price				3,450,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember		3,450,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember
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Acquisition related expenses	126,700,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember
Business acquisition goodwill amount				2,336,000,000zbra_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationsGoodwillAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember
Business acquisition intangible assets				1,014,000,000zbra_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationIntangibleAssetOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember
Business acquisition indemnifications recorded				19,900,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationIndemnificationAssetsAmountAsOfAcquisitionDate / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember
Business acquisition, goodwill, expected tax deductible amount	74,400,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember						74,400,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember
Integration costs	10,500,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationIntegrationRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember
Enterprise revenue	476,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsRevenuesAndGainsRecognized / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember
Net loss	1,300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationSeparatelyRecognizedTransactionsNetGainsAndLosses / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember
Increase in fair value adjustment for cost of sales	30,100,000zbra_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationInventoryAdjustmentToFairValueRecognizedInCostOfSalesDuringPeriod / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember
Business acquisition, transaction costs	48,100,000zbra_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationTransactionRelatedCost / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember
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Transition services cost per month					6,000,000zbra_TransitionServicesCostPerMonth / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember
Enterprise Business [Member] | Term Loan [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Senior notes, maturity year	2021
Enterprise Business [Member] | Senior Notes due 2022 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Senior notes, maturity year	2022
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Hart Systems LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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Cash acquired in business combination		95,700,000zbra_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationsCurrentAssetsCashAndCashEquivalents / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember
Business acquisition goodwill adjustment								$ 58,600,000us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAndPurchaseAccountingAdjustments / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_HartSystemsLlcMember
Acquisition date								Dec. 18, 2013

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