DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION - shares	9 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2019	May 31, 2019
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	Nutanix, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001618732
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--07-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Apr. 30, 2019
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2019
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Common Class A
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		157,407,982
Common Class B
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		28,550,563