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Share Repurchase - Schedule of Share Repurchases (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 30, 2016	Jan. 31, 2015	Feb. 01, 2014
Equity [Abstract]
Total number of shares purchased	44.7	0.8	21.9
Average price paid per share (in dollars per share)	$ 77.07	$ 54.07	$ 67.41
Total investment	$ 3,441	$ 41	$ 1,474

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This element represents the amount of total investment in stock repurchased and retired during the period which was acquired through the open market transactions.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased and retired during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 04
-Article 3

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 29, 30
-Article 5

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Total cost of shares repurchased divided by the total number of shares repurchased.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405813&loc=d3e23239-112655

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