Acquisitions (Details) € / shares in Units, $ / shares in Units, € in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Nov. 21, 2016 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2016 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2016 € / shares	Aug. 15, 2016 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2015 € / shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	$ 0.0	$ 147.8
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2017
Goodwill	$ 1,011.7			$ 998.3				$ 161.5
Noncontrolling interests	34.8	23.5		433.4				$ 23.1
Total net sales	1,102.8	509.6
Income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes	(74.8)	19.9
Net income (loss) attributable to Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated	(58.8)	168.2
Diebold Nixdorf AG [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net sales | €					€ 2,578.6
Ordinary shares outstanding | shares								29,800,000
Ordinary shares issued | shares								33,100,000
Treasury shares | shares								3,300,000
Cash portion of tender offer per share | € / shares									€ 38.98
Common shares portion of tender offer per share | shares								0.434
Number of ordinary shares acquired | shares							22,900,000
Percentage acquired of ordinary shares issued							69.20%
Percentage acquired of ordinary shares outstanding							76.70%
Purchase price consideration	1,155.0			$ 1,265.7
Common shares issued for acquisition | shares				9,900,000
Payments for acquisitions, gross			€ 1,162.2	$ 995.3
Cash acquired from acquisition				110.7
Payments for acquisition, net of cash acquired				884.6
Common shares issued for acquisition				279.7
Other consideration transferred for acquisition				(9.3)
Trade receivables	474.1
Inventories	487.2
Prepaid expenses	39.3
Current assets held for sale	106.6
Other current assets	79.9
Property, plant and equipment	247.1
Intangible assets	802.1
Deferred income taxes	109.7
Other assets	27.0
Total assets acquired	2,373.0
Notes payable	159.8
Accounts payable	321.5
Deferred revenue	158.0
Payroll and other benefits liabilities	191.6
Current liabilities held for sale	56.6
Other current liabilities	196.3
Pensions and other benefits	103.2
Other noncurrent liabilities	458.9
Total liabilities assumed	1,645.9
Redeemable noncontrolling interest	(46.8)
Fair value of noncontrolling interest	(407.9)
Total identifiable net assets acquired, including noncontrolling interest	272.4
Goodwill	882.6
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets							$ 802.1
Business Combination, Portion of Purchase Price Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests				386.7
Noncontrolling interests				$ 21.2
Total net sales	623.6
Income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes	(29.6)
Net income (loss) attributable to Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated	(24.4)
Purchase accounting adjustment related to acquired deferred revenue	10.4
Purchase accounting adjustment related to amortization of acquired intangible assets	31.8
Purchase accounting adjustment related to depreciation of acquired assets	1.6
Acquisition related costs		14.9
Net sales - pro forma		1,158.5
Business Combination Pro Forma Gross Profit		294.6
Business Combination Pro Forma Operating Profit		35.3
Net income (loss) attributable to Diebold, Incorporated - pro forma		$ 185.0
Net income (loss) attributable to Diebold, Incorporated per share - basic - pro forma | $ / shares		$ 2.47
Net income (loss) attributable to Diebold, Incorporated per share - diluted - pro forma | $ / shares		$ 2.45
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding - pro forma | shares		75,000,000
Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding - pro forma | shares		75,600,000
2024 Senior Notes [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Senior Notes	$ 400.0
Stated interest rate	8.50%
Trade Names [Member] | Diebold Nixdorf AG [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets							30.1
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average useful life	3 years
Developed Technology Rights [Member] | Diebold Nixdorf AG [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets							107.2
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average useful life	4 years
Customer Relationships [Member] | Diebold Nixdorf AG [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets							658.5
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted average useful life	9 years 6 months
Other intangibles [Member] | Diebold Nixdorf AG [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets							$ 6.3
Domination and Profit and Loss Transfer Agreement [Member] | Diebold Nixdorf AG [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash portion of tender offer per share | € / shares						€ 55.02
Recurring cash compensation per share | € / shares						3.13
Recurring cash compensation per share net of tax | € / shares						€ 2.82