v3.7.0.1

Borrowings - Interest Expense and Other (Details) |  |  |  | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 28, 2017 USD ($) | Apr. 01, 2017 USD ($) | Nov. 01, 2015 USD ($) extension_term | Apr. 30, 2017 USD ($) commercial_paper_program
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Face amount of debt instrument |  | $ 3,500,000,000 |  |
$2,250 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.944% in October 2015 at 2.45%, due October 5, 2017, interest payable semi-annually on April 5 and October 5 of each year |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Face amount of debt instrument |  |  |  | $ 2,250,000,000.00
Debt redeemed | $ 1,500,000,000 |  |  |
Redemption price | $ 1,508,000,000 |  |  |
Senior Notes |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap value |  |  |  | 9,500,000,000
Line of Credit |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Face amount of debt instrument |  | 2,000,000,000 |  |
Line of Credit |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Available borrowing resources |  |  |  | 1,802,000,000
Unsecured revolving credit facility |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Amount available under credit facility |  |  | $ 4,000,000,000 |
Term of credit facility |  |  | 5 years |
Debt Instrument, Number of Extension Terms | extension_term |  |  | 2 |
Debt Instrument, Extension Term |  |  | 1 year |
FS Commercial paper |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Available borrowing resources |  |  |  | 4,157,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity approved by the Board of Directors |  |  |  | $ 4,000,000,000
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise | FS Commercial paper |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of commercial paper programs | commercial_paper_program |  |  |  | 2
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise | FS Commercial paper | U.S. program |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity under credit facility |  |  |  | $ 4,000,000,000
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise | FS Commercial paper | Euro program |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Amount of additional commercial paper authorization for subsidiaries |  |  |  | 500,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity under credit facility |  |  |  | 3,000,000,000
Hewlett-Packard International Bank PLC | FS Commercial paper | Euro Commercial Paper/Certificate of Deposit Programme |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity under credit facility |  |  |  | 500,000,000
HP, Inc. |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Dividends |  | 3,000,000,000 |  | 3,000,000,000
Enterprise Services | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Net cash transfer |  | $ 500,000,000 |  | $ 559,000,000

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