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Acquisitions Indesit Company S.p.A. (Details)				0 Months Ended
	Mar. 12, 2015 Senior Notes USD ($)	Mar. 12, 2015 Senior Notes EUR (€)	Nov. 04, 2014 Senior Notes USD ($)	Dec. 03, 2014 Indesit USD ($)	Dec. 03, 2014 Indesit EUR (€)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire business, net of cash acquired				$ 1,400,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member	€ 1,100,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = whr_IndesitCompanyS.p.A.Member
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 525,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember	€ 500,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember	$ 650,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SeniorNotesMember

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 835

-SubTopic 30

-Section 45

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Investing Activities

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133



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