SPECIAL ITEMS - Employee-Separation Programs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2020	Aug. 02, 2020	Feb. 02, 2020	Aug. 02, 2020	Oct. 31, 2021	Nov. 01, 2020
OPEB
Employee-Separation Programs
Curtailment expense				$ (21)
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program
Employee-Separation Programs
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax		$ 2		$ 138
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | OPEB | United States
Employee-Separation Programs
Curtailment expense			$ (21)
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit (Cost) Credit, Curtailment Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible List]			Other Cost of Operating Revenue
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Forecasted
Employee-Separation Programs
Employee-separation programs savings					$ 85	$ 65
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Agriculture and Turf
Employee-Separation Programs
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent)				74.00%
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Construction and Forestry
Employee-Separation Programs
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent)				23.00%
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Financial Services
Employee-Separation Programs
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent)				3.00%
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Operating Profit
Employee-Separation Programs
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax				$ 115
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Cost of Sales
Employee-Separation Programs
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent)				36.00%
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Research and Development
Employee-Separation Programs
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent)				16.00%
First Quarter of 2020 Voluntary Employee-Separation Program | Selling, Administrative, and General Expenses
Employee-Separation Programs
Employee-separation programs' expenses allocation (as a percent)				48.00%
Fourth Quarter of 2020 Employee-Separation Programs | Forecasted
Employee-Separation Programs
Total employee-separation programs' expenses, pretax	$ 175
Employee-separation programs savings					$ 175