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Business Combinations - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |
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Oct. 27, 2014 | Apr. 04, 2015 | Oct. 27, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Increase in assets |  | $ 900,000 us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOperatingAssets |
Decrease in liabilities |  | (6,100,000)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOperatingLiabilities |
Decrease in goodwill |  | (7,000,000)us-gaap_GoodwillPeriodIncreaseDecrease |
Term Loan [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Business acquisition, borrowings | 2,200,000,000 us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = zbra_TermLoanMember |  | 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 |  |
Ownership percentage of the Enterprise Business. | 100.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  | 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 |
Business acquisition, consideration paid |  | 3,450,000,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |
Additional consideration paid |  | 48,800,000 zbra_BusinessCombinationAdditionalConsiderationTransferred / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |
Business acquisition goodwill amount | 2,337,000,000 zbra_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationsGoodwillAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = zbra_EnterpriseBusinessMember |  | 2,337,000,000 zbra_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationsGoodwillAmount / 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 |
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 |
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 |

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