Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity - USD ($) $ in Millions		Total	Xerox Shareholders' Equity [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	AOCL [Member]	[1]	Noncontrolling Interests [Member]	Conduent [Domain]	Conduent [Domain] Common Stock [Member]	Conduent [Domain] Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Conduent [Domain] Treasury Stock [Member]	Conduent [Domain] Retained Earnings [Member]	Conduent [Domain] Xerox Shareholders' Equity [Member]	Conduent [Domain] AOCL [Member]	Conduent [Domain] Noncontrolling Interests [Member]
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2013			$ 12,300	$ 1,210	$ 5,282	$ (252)	$ 8,839	$ (2,779)
Noncontrolling Interests Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2013										$ 119
Total Equity Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2013		$ 12,419
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive (loss) income, net		(367)	(367)	0	0	0	1,013	(1,380)
Comprehensive income (loss), net attributable to noncontrolling interest		22								22
Comprehensive income (loss), net including portion attributable to noncontrolling interest		(345)
Cash dividends declared-common	[2]	(293)	(293)	0	0	0	(293)	0		0
Cash dividends declared-preferred	[3]	(24)	(24)	0	0	0	(24)	0		0
Conversion of notes to common stock		9	9	1	8	0	0	0		0
Stock option and incentive plans, net		124	124	14	110	0	0	0		0
Payments to acquire treasury stock, including fees		(1,071)	(1,071)	0	0	(1,071)	0	0		0
Cancellation of treasury stock		0	0	(101)	(1,117)	1,218	0	0		0
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		(66)	0	0	0	0	0	0		(66)
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2014			10,678	1,124	4,283	(105)	9,535	(4,159)
Noncontrolling Interests Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2014										75
Total Equity Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2014		10,753
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive (loss) income, net		(9)	(9)	0	0	0	474	(483)
Comprehensive income (loss), net attributable to noncontrolling interest		17								17
Comprehensive income (loss), net including portion attributable to noncontrolling interest		8
Cash dividends declared-common	[2]	(299)	(299)	0	0	0	(299)	0		0
Cash dividends declared-preferred	[3]	(24)	(24)	0	0	0	(24)	0		0
Stock option and incentive plans, net		30	30	11	19	0	0	0		0
Payments to acquire treasury stock, including fees		(1,302)	(1,302)	0	0	(1,302)	0	0		0
Cancellation of treasury stock		0	0	(122)	(1,285)	1,407	0	0		0
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		(49)	0	0	0	0	0	0		(49)
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2015		9,074	9,074	1,013	3,017	0	9,686	(4,642)
Noncontrolling Interests Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2015		43								43
Total Equity Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2015		9,117
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive (loss) income, net		(709)	(709)	0	0	0	(477)	(232)
Comprehensive income (loss), net attributable to noncontrolling interest		8								8
Comprehensive income (loss), net including portion attributable to noncontrolling interest		(701)
Cash dividends declared-common	[2]	(317)	(317)	0	0	0	(317)	0		0
Cash dividends declared-preferred	[3]	(24)	(24)	0	0	0	(24)	0		0
Stock option and incentive plans, net		82	82	1	81	0	0	0		0
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0		(13)
Stockholders' Equity Note, Spinoff Transaction											$ (3,303)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ (3,829)	$ (3,303)	$ 526	$ 0
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2016		4,803	$ 4,803	$ 1,014	$ 3,098	$ 0	$ 5,039	$ (4,348)
Noncontrolling Interests Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2016		38								$ 38
Total Equity Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2016		$ 4,841

[1] AOCL - Accumulated other comprehensive loss.

[2] Cash dividends declared on common stock of $0.0775 in each quarter of 2016, $0.0700 in each quarter of 2015 and $0.0625 in each quarter of 2014.

[3] Cash dividends declared on preferred stock of $20 per share in each quarter of 2016, 2015 and 2014.