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Divestitures, Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale - Narrative (Details) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 Months Ended |
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Feb. 15, 2022 USD ($) | Jul. 14, 2021 USD ($) | Apr. 01, 2021 USD ($) | Oct. 01, 2020 USD ($) | Jul. 27, 2020 USD ($) | Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Apr. 01, 2022 USD ($) | Apr. 02, 2021 USD ($) | Apr. 03, 2020 USD ($) property | Nov. 04, 2019 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Consideration from sale of properties |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0 |  |  |
Gain on sale of business |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | $ 0 | $ 5,684,000,000 |
Gain on divestitures |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 250,000,000 |
Impairment of assets to be disposed of | $ 2,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  | $ 24,000,000 |
Number of impaired properties | property |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |
Gain on sale of property |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 175,000,000 | 98,000,000 | $ 0 |
Mountain View Buildings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sale leaseback transaction, lease terms |  | 7-year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Enterprise Security | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Consideration from sale of properties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 10,700,000,000
Gain on sale of business |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,434,000,000 |
Total net assets sold |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,211,000,000
Assets sold |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7,121,000,000
Liabilities from divestiture of business |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,910,000,000
Agreements, aggregate amount |  |  |  | $ 200,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
License period |  |  |  | 5 years 7 months 6 days |  |  |  |  |  |
Dedicated direct costs, net of charges, for transition services agreement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 9,000,000 | $ 19,000,000 |
ID Analytics Solutions | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Consideration from sale of properties |  |  |  |  |  | $ 375,000,000 |  |  |  |
Assets sold |  |  |  |  |  | 125,000,000 |  |  |  |
Gain on divestitures |  |  |  |  |  | 250,000,000 |  |  |  |
Goodwill and net intangible assets sold |  |  |  |  |  | 114,000,000 |  |  |  |
Other assets sold, net of liabilities |  |  |  |  |  | 11,000,000 |  |  |  |
Tax effect on gain |  |  |  |  |  | $ 86,000,000 |  |  |  |
Culver City Property | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Consideration from sale of properties |  |  |  |  | $ 118,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Gain on sale of property |  |  |  |  | $ 35,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Mountain View Buildings | Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Consideration from sale of properties |  | $ 355,000,000 | $ 100,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gain on sale of property |  | $ 175,000,000 | $ 63,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sale leaseback transaction, lease terms |  | 7-year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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