Cover Page - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Apr. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Document Information Line Items
Entity Registrant Name	ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.
Document Type	10-K/A
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Public Float			$ 313.7
Amendment Flag	true
Entity Central Index Key	0001777393
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2020
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2020
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	true
Entity Shell Company	true
Entity Ex Transition Period	false
Entity File Number	001-39004
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		305,073,200
Entity Address, City or Town	Campbell
Entity Address, State or Province	CA
Amendment Description	ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (this “Form 10-K/A” or “Report”) to amend the Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 10, 2021 (“Original Filing”), to restate the consolidated financial statements and related footnote disclosures as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the period from May 10, 2019 (inception) through December 31, 2019 included in the Original Filing. This Form 10-K/A also amends certain other Items in the Original Filing, as listed in “Items Amended in this Form 10-K/A” below.
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, par value $0.0001
Trading Symbol	CHPT
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag	false
Warrant [Member]
Document Information Line Items
Title of 12(b) Security	Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share
Trading Symbol	CHPT WS
Security Exchange Name	NYSE