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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2021	Feb. 02, 2020	Feb. 03, 2019
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]
Defined contribution plan, cost	$ 267	$ 213	$ 211
Common stock shares held in trust for plan participants	5.8

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Amount of cost for defined contribution plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 70
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942

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