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] Xerox Shareholders' Equity [Member]	Conduent [Domain] AOCL [Member]	Conduent [Domain] Noncontrolling Interests [Member]	Conduent [Domain] Common Stock [Member]	Conduent [Domain] Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Conduent [Domain] Treasury Stock [Member]	Conduent [Domain] Retained Earnings [Member]
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2015			$ 8,975	$ 253	$ 3,777	$ 0	$ 9,575	$ (4,630)
Noncontrolling Interests Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2015										$ 43
Total Equity Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2015		$ 9,018
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Comprehensive income (loss), net attributable to Xerox		(704)	(704)	0	0	0	(471)	(233)
Comprehensive income (loss), net attributable to noncontrolling interest		8								8
Comprehensive (Loss) Income, Net		(696)
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 and purchase - noncontrolling interests		(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0		(13)
Separation of Conduent											$ (3,303)	$ (3,303)	$ 526	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ (3,829)
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2016			4,709	254	3,858	0	4,934	(4,337)
Noncontrolling Interests Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2016										38
Total Equity Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2016		$ 4,747
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Dividends per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 1.24
Comprehensive income (loss), net attributable to Xerox		$ 784	784	0	0	0	195	589
Comprehensive income (loss), net attributable to noncontrolling interest		13								13
Comprehensive (Loss) Income, Net		797
Cash dividends declared-common	[2]	(259)	(259)	0	0	0	(259)	0		0
Cash dividends declared-preferred	[3]	(14)	(14)	0	0	0	(14)	0		0
Stock option and incentive plans, net		37	37	1	36	0	0	0		0
Distributions and purchase - noncontrolling interests		(15)	(1)	0	(1)	0	0	0		(14)
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2017		5,256	5,256	255	3,893	0	4,856	(3,748)
Noncontrolling Interests Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2017		37								37
Total Equity Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2017		$ 5,293
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Dividends per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 1.00
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principles(4)	[4]	$ 120	120	0	0	0	120	0		0
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principles(4) | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 [Member]		117
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principles(4) | Accounting Standards Update 2016-01 [Member]		3
Comprehensive income (loss), net attributable to Xerox		544	544	0	0	0	361	183
Comprehensive income (loss), net attributable to noncontrolling interest		13								13
Comprehensive (Loss) Income, Net		557
Cash dividends declared-common	[2]	(251)	(251)	0	0	0	(251)	0		0
Cash dividends declared-preferred	[3]	(14)	(14)	0	0	0	(14)	0		0
Stock option and incentive plans, net		50	50	1	49	0	0	0		0
Payments to acquire treasury stock, including fees		(700)	(700)	0	0	(700)	0	0		0
Cancellation of treasury stock		0	0	(24)	(621)	(645)	0	0		0
Distributions and purchase - noncontrolling interests		(16)	0	0	0	0	0	0		(16)
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2018		5,005	$ 5,005	$ 232	$ 3,321	$ (55)	$ 5,072	$ (3,565)
Noncontrolling Interests Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2018		34								$ 34
Total Equity Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2018		$ 5,039
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Dividends per common share (in dollars per share)		$ 1.00

[1] AOCL - Accumulated other comprehensive loss.

[2] Cash dividends declared on common stock of $0.25 per share in each quarter of 2018, $0.25 per share in each quarter of 2017 and $0.31 per share in each quarter of 2016.

[3] Cash dividends declared on preferred stock of $20 per share in each quarter of 2018, 2017 and 2016.

[4] Includes $117 related to the adoptions of the new Revenue Recognition Standard, see Note 2 - Revenue for additional information, and $3 related to our share of Fuji Xerox's adoption of ASU 2016-01 - Financial Instruments - Classification and Measurement.