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Acquisitions (Purchase Consideration) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions |  | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Nov. 04, 2019 USD ($) | Oct. 30, 2022 USD ($) | Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($) | Nov. 01, 2020 USD ($) | Oct. 03, 2022 shares | May 26, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill acquired |  | $ 164 | $ 10 |  |  |
Total purchase consideration, net of cash acquired |  | 246 | 8 | $ 10,872 |  |
Goodwill |  | $ 43,614 | $ 43,450 | $ 43,447 |  |
Symantec Asset Purchase |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Identified finite-lived intangible assets | $ 5,411 |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred | 10,700 |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets | 273 |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill | 6,638 |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets | 92 |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets | 12,414 |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Other | 1,127 |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Other | 587 |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities | 1,714 |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net | $ 10,700 |  |  |  |  |
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Businesses Acquired |  | 4 |  | 3 |  |
Goodwill acquired |  | $ 164 |  | $ 109 |  |
Identified finite-lived intangible assets |  |  |  | 46 |  |
Total purchase consideration, net of cash acquired |  | 245 |  | 201 |  |
Finite-Lived and Infinite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired |  | $ 110 |  |  |  |
VMware Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Estimated Total Consideration |  |  |  |  |  | $ 61,000
Business Acquisition, Share Price | $ / shares |  |  |  |  |  | $ 142.50
Business Acquisition, Share Exchange Ratio | shares |  |  |  |  |  | 0.2520
Business Acquisition, Percentage of cash consideration |  |  |  |  |  | 50.00%
Business Acquisition, Percentage of share Common Stock Consideration |  |  |  |  |  | 50.00%
Business Acquisition, Fully-Committed Debt Financing |  |  |  |  |  | $ 32,000
Business Acquisition, Common Shares Registered in Conjunction with Acquisition | shares |  |  |  |  | 59,000,000 |
Business Acquisition, Broadcom's Termination Fee - Specified Circumstances |  |  |  |  |  | 1,500
Business Acquisition, VMware's Termination Fee - Specified Circumstances |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,500
Selling, general and administrative expense | Symantec Asset Purchase |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs |  |  |  | $ 110 |  |

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