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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 12 Months Ended
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)