Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities - Nonrecurring (Details) - Nonrecurring - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Carrying Amount
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 2,379	$ 2,625
Accounts receivable, net	781	883
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	678	394
Long-term debt	3,674	4,050
Carrying Amount \| Xerox Holdings Corporation
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	1,494	1,493
Carrying Amount \| XEROX CORPORATION
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	1,890	2,187
Carrying Amount \| Other Subsidiaries
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	290	370
Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	2,379	2,625
Accounts receivable, net	781	883
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	688	396
Long-term debt	3,842	4,266
Fair Value \| Xerox Holdings Corporation
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	1,558	1,596
Fair Value \| XEROX CORPORATION
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	1,992	2,298
Fair Value \| Other Subsidiaries
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 292	$ 372

Fair value portion of amount due from customers or clients for goods or services, including trade receivables, that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, and amounts due from others, including related parties.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 10
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121572278&loc=d3e13433-108611

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