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Employee Benefits and Deferred Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 24, 2015
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employee 401(k) Plan, Description	An employee receives the full 4% match when he/she contributes at least 6% of his/her eligible earnings, up to a maximum calendar year matching contribution of $6,000.
Employee contribution percentage	6.00%ntap_EmployeeContributionPercentage
Maximum amount of matching contribution	$ 6,000ntap_MaximumAmountOfMatchingContributionsPerEmployee
Contribution Match First 2% Eligible Earnings Employee
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of employee contributions matched	100.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercentOfMatch / us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanTypeAxis = ntap_FirstContributionMember
Percentage of earnings on employee contributions matched	2.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercent / us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanTypeAxis = ntap_FirstContributionMember
Contribution Match Next 4% Eligible Earnings Employee
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of employee contributions matched	50.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercentOfMatch / us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanTypeAxis = ntap_SecondContributionMember
Percentage of earnings on employee contributions matched	4.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercent / us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanTypeAxis = ntap_SecondContributionMember

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Employee contribution percentage.

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Maximum Amount Of Matching Contributions Per Employee

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Percentage of employees' gross pay for which the employer contributes a matching contribution to a defined contribution plan.

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Percentage employer matches of the employee's percentage contribution matched.

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Description of the terms and benefits provided by the employer's defined contribution plans. A defined contribution plan provides benefits in return for services rendered, provides an individual account for each participant, and has terms that specify how contributions to the individual's account are to be determined rather than the amount of benefits the individual is to receive. Under a defined contribution pension plan, the benefits a participant will receive depend solely on the amount contributed to the participant's account, the returns earned on investments of those contributions, and forfeitures of other participants' benefits that may be allocated to such participant's account. A description of the plan(s) including employee groups covered, the basis for determining contributions, and the nature and effects of significant matters affecting comparability of information for all periods presented.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 70

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49170846&loc=d3e28014-114942



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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Defined Contribution Plan

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