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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share |
|  | For the Three Months Ended
(In millions, except per share data) |  | September 27, 2013 |  | September 28, 2012
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Seagate Technology plc |  | $ | 427 |  |  | $ | 582 |
Number of shares used in per share calculations: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total shares for purposes of calculating basic net income per share attributable to Seagate Technology plc |  | 357 |  |  | 394 |
Weighted-average effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee equity award plans |  | 11 |  |  | 15 |
Total shares for purpose of calculating diluted net income per share attributable to Seagate Technology plc |  | 368 |  |  | 409 |
Net income per share attributable to Seagate Technology plc shareholders: |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 1.20 |  |  | $ | 1.48 |
Diluted |  | $ | 1.16 |  |  | $ | 1.42 |
Schedule of potential shares excluded from the computation of diluted net income (loss) per share | The potential shares related to employee equity award plans were excluded from the computation of diluted net income per share attributable to Seagate Technology plc were immaterial for the three months ended September 27, 2013 and September 28, 2012, as their effect would have been anti-dilutive.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would increase EPS amounts or decrease loss per share amounts for the period presented, by antidilutive securities. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 128 -Paragraph 40 -Subparagraph c -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the numerators and the denominators of the basic and diluted per-share (or per-unit) computations for income from continuing operations, including the effect that has been given to preferred dividends. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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