FINANCING RECEIVABLES - Financing Receivables Past Due (Details)	6 Months Ended
May 02, 2021
Financing Receivable, Past Due
Minimum number of days for a financing receivable to be considered past due	30 days
Generally the number of days for a financing receivable to be considered non-performing	90 days
Generally the number of days before a receivable is delinquent and the estimated uncollectible amount is written off	120 days
COVID-19
Financing Receivable, Past Due
Financing receivables balance granted relief (as a percent)	4.00%

Percentage of financing receivable balance that was granted relief due to the negative effects of COVID.

No definition available.

Name:	de_FinancingReceivableBalancePercentReliefGranted
Namespace Prefix:	de_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Threshold period for when financing receivable is considered past due and non-performing resulting in the accrual of finance income being ceased, in 'PnYnMnTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	de_FinancingReceivableThresholdPeriodPastDueNonperforming
Namespace Prefix:	de_
Data Type:	xbrli:durationItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentPastDueLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Threshold period for when financing receivable is considered past due, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Excludes threshold period past due to write off as uncollectible.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 14
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121599337&loc=SL82919253-210447

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_FinancingReceivableThresholdPeriodPastDue
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:durationItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Threshold period for when financing receivable is considered past due to write off as uncollectible, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 14
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121599337&loc=SL82919253-210447

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_FinancingReceivableThresholdPeriodPastDueWriteoff
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:durationItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_UnusualOrInfrequentItemAxis=de_Covid19RelatedShortTermPaymentReliefMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: