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Document and Entity Information - USD ($)
$ in Billions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Feb. 12, 2026
Jun. 30, 2025
Cover [Abstract]      
Document Type 10-K    
Amendment Flag false    
Document Period End Date Dec. 31, 2025    
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2025    
Document Fiscal Period Focus FY    
Trading Symbol DFIN    
Entity Registrant Name Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.    
Entity Central Index Key 0001669811    
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes    
Entity Interactive Data Current Yes    
Document Financial Statement Error Correction [Flag] false    
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31    
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer No    
Entity Voluntary Filers No    
Entity Filer Category Large Accelerated Filer    
Entity Small Business false    
Entity Emerging Growth Company false    
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag true    
Entity Shell Company false    
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   25,619,983  
Entity Public Float     $ 1.6
Title of 12(b) Security Common Stock (Par Value $0.01)    
Security Exchange Name NYSE    
Entity File Number 1-37728    
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code DE    
Entity Tax Identification Number 36-4829638    
Entity Address, Address Line One 391 Steel Way    
Entity Address, City or Town Lancaster    
Entity Address, State or Province PA    
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 17601    
City Area Code 800    
Local Phone Number 823-5304    
Document Annual Report true    
Document Transition Report false    
Documents Incorporated by Reference

Portions of the registrant’s proxy statement related to its annual meeting of stockholders scheduled to be held on May 13, 2026 are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

   
Auditor Name Deloitte & Touche LLP    
Auditor Location Chicago, Illinois    
Auditor Firm ID 34    
Auditor Opinion [Text Block]

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, of the Company and our report dated February 17, 2026, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.