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Stockholders' Equity, Comprehensive Income and Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares | Apr. 26, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares | Apr. 28, 2019 $ / shares | Apr. 26, 2020 USD ($) employee_stock_purchase_plan $ / shares shares | Apr. 28, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares | Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($)
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount authorized by board of directors to repurchase shares |  |  |  |  |  | $ 6,000,000,000.0
Remaining authorized repurchase amount |  | $ 1,500,000,000 |  | $ 1,500,000,000 |  |
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 0.21 | $ 0.22 | $ 0.21 | $ 0.43 | $ 0.41 |
Payments of dividends |  |  |  | $ 385,000,000 | $ 381,000,000 |
Tax effects on the unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments qualifying as cash flow hedges |  |  |  | $ 39,000,000 |  |
Employee Stock |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Performance of total shareholder return |  |  |  | 100.00% |  |
Total unrecognized compensation expense |  | $ 505,000,000 |  | $ 505,000,000 |  |
Weighted average period for unrecognized compensation expense to be recognized (in years) |  |  |  | 2 years 8 months 12 days |  |
Performance Shares |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional performance-based awards to be earned upon certain levels of achievement (in shares) | shares |  | 1.3 |  | 1.3 |  |
Award measurement metric relative weight |  |  |  | 50.00% |  |
Award measurement period |  |  |  | 3 years |  |
Performance Shares | Minimum |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Award vesting rights, percentage of target amount |  |  |  | 0.00% |  |
Performance Shares | Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Award vesting rights, percentage of target amount |  |  |  | 200.00% |  |
Employee Stock Incentive Plan | Employee Stock Option |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares available for grant (in shares) | shares |  | 57.0 |  | 57.0 |  |
Employee Stock Purchase Plan |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of employee stock purchase plans | employee_stock_purchase_plan |  |  |  | 2 |  |
Employee stock purchase plan purchase period |  |  |  | 6 months |  |
Employee Stock Purchase Plan | Employee Stock |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Purchase price of common stock |  |  |  | 85.00% |  |
Employee Stock Purchase Plan | Employee Stock Option |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares available for grant (in shares) | shares |  | 11.0 |  | 11.0 |  |
Non-US | Employee Stock Purchase Plan |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of employee stock purchase plans | employee_stock_purchase_plan |  |  |  | 1 |  |

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