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Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt (Details) (Commercial paper, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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May 02, 2015 | May 03, 2014
Commercial paper |  |
Debt Instrument Line Items |  |
Maximum daily amount outstanding during the period | $ 0 us-gaap_ShorttermDebtMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember | $ 590 us-gaap_ShorttermDebtMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember
Average daily amount outstanding during the period | 0 us-gaap_ShorttermDebtAverageOutstandingAmount / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember | 279 us-gaap_ShorttermDebtAverageOutstandingAmount / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember
Amount outstanding at period-end | $ 0 us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember | $ 386 us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember
Weighted average interest rate | 0.00%tgt_WeightedAverageInterestRateShortTermDebt / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember | 0.10%tgt_WeightedAverageInterestRateShortTermDebt / us-gaap_ShortTermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember

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