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Income Taxes Summary of Tax Act Impact (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 03, 2019	Jan. 28, 2018
Summary of Tax Act Impact [Line Items]
Unpaid Transition Tax	$ 14
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Incomplete Accounting, Transition Tax for Accumulated Foreign Earnings, Provisional Income Tax Expense		$ 127
Tax Adjustments, Settlements, and Unusual Provisions	(85)
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Complete Accounting Impact	42
Deemed Repatriation [Member]
Summary of Tax Act Impact [Line Items]
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Incomplete Accounting, Transition Tax for Accumulated Foreign Earnings, Provisional Income Tax Expense		400
Tax Adjustments, Settlements, and Unusual Provisions	(62)
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Complete Accounting Impact	338
Statutory Tax Rate Impact [Member]
Summary of Tax Act Impact [Line Items]
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Incomplete Accounting, Transition Tax for Accumulated Foreign Earnings, Provisional Income Tax Expense		(126)
Tax Adjustments, Settlements, and Unusual Provisions	(1)
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Complete Accounting Impact	(127)
Deferred Tax Remeasurement [Member]
Summary of Tax Act Impact [Line Items]
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Incomplete Accounting, Transition Tax for Accumulated Foreign Earnings, Provisional Income Tax Expense		$ (147)
Tax Adjustments, Settlements, and Unusual Provisions	(22)
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Complete Accounting Impact	$ (169)

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Amount of increase (decrease) to previously recorded tax expense. Includes, but is not limited to, significant settlements of income tax disputes, and unusual tax positions or infrequent actions taken by the entity, including tax assessment reversal, and IRS tax settlement.

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