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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 26, 2015 | Dec. 27, 2014 | Dec. 28, 2013 | Dec. 29, 2012
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Total income tax expense |  | $ 39 | $ 12 | $ 147 |
Share based compensation expense including tax benefit value |  | 3 |  | 5 |
Stock options exercised including income tax benefits |  | 7 |  | 3 |
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries |  | $ 204 |  |  |
Cumulative loss position, period |  | 36 months |  |  |
Valuation allowance |  | $ 763 | 804 |  |
Valuation allowances, tax expense (benefit) |  | (3) | 112 | 8 |
Decreased in unrecognized tax benefits |  | (4) |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits |  | 18 | 23 | 15 | $ 5
Net uncertain tax positions, if recognized affect effective tax rate |  | 6 |  |  |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits results from positions if sustained offset by change in valuation allowance |  | 12 |  |  |
Expected decrease in unrecognized tax benefits in the next 12 months |  | 5 |  |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalty expense |  | 2 |  | 1 |
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalty benefit |  |  | (9) |  |
Unrecognized tax benefits, accrued interest and penalties |  | 3 |  |  |
Decrease in tax credit carryforwards |  | 6 |  |  |
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Long-Term Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Deferred income tax liabilities |  | 3 | 4 |  |
Foreign |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carry forwards |  | 903 |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards indefinitely |  | 737 |  |  |
Valuation allowances, tax expense (benefit) |  | $ 4 | (4) |  |
Foreign | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration dates |  | 2017 |  |  |
Foreign | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration dates |  | 2035 |  |  |
Foreign | Expire in Twenty Sixteen |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carry forwards |  | $ 7 |  |  |
Foreign | Scenario, Forecast |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Valuation allowances, tax expense (benefit) | $ (3) |  |  |  |
State |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carry forwards |  | $ 1,500 |  |  |
State | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration dates |  | 2017 |  |  |
State | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration dates |  | 2035 |  |  |
State | Expire in Twenty Sixteen |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carry forwards |  | $ 48 |  |  |
U.S. Federal |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Alternate minimum tax credit carryforwards |  | 102 |  |  |
Valuation allowance |  | 493 |  |  |
U.S. Federal | Scenario, Forecast | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Estimated valuation allowance, expected to be released in 2016 | 265 |  |  |  |
U.S. Federal | Scenario, Forecast | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Estimated valuation allowance, expected to be released in 2016 | $ 360 |  |  |  |
U.S. Federal Foreign |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforwards |  | $ 117 |  |  |
U.S. Federal Foreign | Earliest Tax Year |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforward, expiration year |  | 2016 |  |  |
U.S. Federal Foreign | Latest Tax Year |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforward, expiration year |  | 2025 |  |  |
State and Foreign |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforwards |  | $ 17 |  |  |
State and Foreign | Earliest Tax Year |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforward, expiration year |  | 2023 |  |  |
State and Foreign | Latest Tax Year |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforward, expiration year |  | 2027 |  |  |
State and Foreign | Indefinite Carryforward |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Tax credit carryforwards |  | $ 5 |  |  |
Office Depot De Mexico |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Mexican income taxes |  |  |  | 117 |
U.S. income tax expense |  |  |  | 23 |
Total income tax expense |  |  |  | 140 |
Valuation Allowance of Deferred Tax Assets |  |  |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Valuation allowance |  | 763 | $ 804 | $ 683 | $ 583
Decrease in valuation allowance |  | (41) |  |  |
Valuation allowance, foreign currency translation adjustments |  | $ (27) |  |  |

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