SPECIAL ITEMS - Operating Profit Impact (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	May 01, 2022	May 01, 2022	May 02, 2021
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Gain on remeasurement of previously held equity investment		$ (326)
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax		77	$ 50
Period over period change	$ (206)	(108)
Production & Precision Ag (PPA)
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Period over period change	46	147
Small Ag & Turf (SAT)
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Period over period change	1	7
Construction & Forestry (CF)
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Period over period change	(279)	(288)
Financial Services (FS)
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Period over period change	26	26
Reserves, Impairments, Gain, and Ratification Bonus
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Total Russia/Ukraine events pretax expense	120	120
Total pretax expense (benefit)	(206)	(116)
Reserves, Impairments, Gain, and Ratification Bonus | Other Income
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Gain on remeasurement of previously held equity investment	(326)	(326)
Reserves, Impairments, Gain, and Ratification Bonus | Cost of Sales
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UAW ratification bonus		90
Reserves, Impairments, Gain, and Ratification Bonus | Production & Precision Ag (PPA)
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Total Russia/Ukraine events pretax expense	46	46
Total pretax expense (benefit)	46	99
Reserves, Impairments, Gain, and Ratification Bonus | Production & Precision Ag (PPA) | Cost of Sales
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UAW ratification bonus		53
Reserves, Impairments, Gain, and Ratification Bonus | Small Ag & Turf (SAT)
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Total Russia/Ukraine events pretax expense	1	1
Total pretax expense (benefit)	1	10
Reserves, Impairments, Gain, and Ratification Bonus | Small Ag & Turf (SAT) | Cost of Sales
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UAW ratification bonus		9
Reserves, Impairments, Gain, and Ratification Bonus | Construction & Forestry (CF)
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Total Russia/Ukraine events pretax expense	47	47
Total pretax expense (benefit)	(279)	(251)
Reserves, Impairments, Gain, and Ratification Bonus | Construction & Forestry (CF) | Other Income
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Gain on remeasurement of previously held equity investment	(326)	(326)
Reserves, Impairments, Gain, and Ratification Bonus | Construction & Forestry (CF) | Cost of Sales
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UAW ratification bonus		28
Reserves, Impairments, Gain, and Ratification Bonus | Financial Services (FS)
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Total Russia/Ukraine events pretax expense	26	26
Total pretax expense (benefit)	$ 26	$ 26
Impairments and Other Benefit
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Total pretax expense (benefit)			(8)
Impairments and Other Benefit | Cost of Sales
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Long-lived asset impairments, pretax			50
Indirect tax benefit, pretax			(58)
Impairments and Other Benefit | Production & Precision Ag (PPA)
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Total pretax expense (benefit)			(48)
Impairments and Other Benefit | Production & Precision Ag (PPA) | Cost of Sales
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Long-lived asset impairments, pretax			5
Indirect tax benefit, pretax			(53)
Impairments and Other Benefit | Small Ag & Turf (SAT)
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Total pretax expense (benefit)			3
Impairments and Other Benefit | Small Ag & Turf (SAT) | Cost of Sales
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Long-lived asset impairments, pretax			3
Impairments and Other Benefit | Construction & Forestry (CF)
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Total pretax expense (benefit)			37
Impairments and Other Benefit | Construction & Forestry (CF) | Cost of Sales
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Long-lived asset impairments, pretax			42
Indirect tax benefit, pretax			$ (5)