Reverse Capitalization and Business Combinations - Narrative (Details)							1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 03, 2022 USD ($)	Oct. 06, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Aug. 11, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 29, 2021 shares	Mar. 12, 2021 shares	Feb. 26, 2021 USD ($) day $ / shares shares	Feb. 28, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Recapitalization exchange ratio									0.9966
Founder shares surrendered (in shares) | shares				9,000,000	9,000,000
Earnout period (in years)						5 years
Merger and PIPE financing							$ 484,100,000
Transaction costs expensed								$ 0	$ (7,031,000)	$ 0
Impairment of acquired intangible assets and goodwill								0	0
Accumulated amortization								16,420,000	4,587,000
Deferred tax liabilities								12,987,000	17,697,000
Goodwill								213,716,000	218,484,000	$ 1,215,000
Customer relationships
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Accumulated amortization								12,223,000	3,223,000
Developed technology
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Accumulated amortization								$ 4,197,000	$ 1,364,000
ViriCiti
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Cash consideration			$ 79,400,000
Acquisition-related expenses			2,300,000
Goodwill			62,800,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets			3,500,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities			200,000
ViriCiti | Customer relationships
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Intangible assets			17,700,000
ViriCiti | Developed technology
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Intangible assets			$ 6,600,000
HTB
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Cash consideration		$ 132,900,000
Indemnity claim period		18 months
Acquisition-related expenses		$ 2,700,000
Total purchase consideration		235,000,000
Common Stock consideration		$ 102,100,000
Equity transferred (in shares) | shares		5,695,176
Equity transferred (in USD per share) | $ / shares		$ 17.92
Shares held in escrow (in shares) | shares		885,692
Value of shares in escrow		$ 15,900,000
Goodwill		159,000,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets		2,900,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities		18,300,000
HTB | Customer relationships
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Intangible assets		78,700,000
HTB | Developed technology
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Intangible assets		$ 12,700,000
has•to•be
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Payments for working capital adjustment	$ 2,800,000
Private Placement
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares) | shares						22,500,000
Consideration received on sold shares						$ 225,000,000
Switchback
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Recapitalization exchange ratio						0.9966
Recapitalization common stock value (in USD per share) | $ / shares						$ 10.00
Legacy Chargepoint shares (in shares) | shares						217,021,368
Shares reserved for potential future issuance upon exercise of stock options and warrants (in shares) | shares						68,896,516
Shares reserved for potential future issuance of earnout shares (in shares) | shares						27,000,000
Founder shares surrendered (in shares) | shares						984,706
Additional earn back shares (in shares) | shares						900,000
Earn Back price trigger (USD per share) | $ / shares						$ 12.00
Number of trading days | day						10
Number of consecutive trading days | day						20
Earnout period (in years)						5 years
Merger and PIPE financing shares (in shares) | shares						60,746,989
Net cash contributions from merger						$ 511,600,000
Cash - Switchback's trust and cash						286,600,000
Repurchase of common stock						300,000
Merger and PIPE financing						225,000,000
Transaction costs expensed						36,500,000
Transaction costs expensed						$ 7,000,000
Switchback | Series H, Series G, Series F, Series E, And Series D Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Shares converted (in shares) | shares						160,925,957
Recapitalization exchange ratio						1
Switchback | Additional Paid-In Capital
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Reduction to APIC						$ 29,500,000
Switchback | Private Placement Warrants
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Debt converted into warrants (in shares) | shares						1,000,000
Stock price of warrants (in dollars per share) | $ / shares						$ 1.50
Converted instrument, principal amount						$ 1,500,000
Switchback | Private Placement
Schedule Of Reverse Recapitalization [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares) | shares						22,500,000
Purchase price per share (USD per share) | $ / shares						$ 10.00
Consideration received on sold shares						$ 225,000,000