v2.4.1.9

Shareholders' Equity (Additional Information) (Details) (USD $) Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Apr. 25, 2015 | Apr. 26, 2014 | Apr. 25, 2015 | Apr. 26, 2014 | Jul. 26, 2014
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Cash dividends paid per common share (in dollars per share) | $ 0.21 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid | $ 0.19 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid | $ 0.59 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid | $ 0.53 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid |
Cash dividends declared, per common share |  |  | $ 0.59 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared | $ 0.53 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared |
Payments of Dividends |  |  | $ 3,017,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends | $ 2,784,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends |
Authorized common stock repurchase amount | 97,000,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 |  | 97,000,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 |  |
Remaining authorized repurchase amount | 5,300,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1 |  | 5,300,000,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1 |  |
Shares Paid for Tax Withholding for Share Based Compensation (shares in million) | 17 us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation | 14 us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation |  |  |
Payments Related to Tax Withholding for Share-based Compensation | 415,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation | 345,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation | 415,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation | 345,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation |
Stock repurchase program |  |  |  |  |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Accrued Liabilities, Current | $ 30,000,000 us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = csco_StockrepurchaseprogramMember |  | $ 30,000,000 us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = csco_StockrepurchaseprogramMember |  | $ 126,000,000 us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = csco_StockrepurchaseprogramMember

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