SPECIAL ITEMS - Operating Profit Impact (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 30, 2022	Oct. 31, 2021	Nov. 01, 2020
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Gain on remeasurement of previously held equity investment	$ (326)
Long-lived asset impairments, pretax	88	$ 50	$ 194
Year over year change	54
Production & Precision Ag (PPA)
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Year over year change	234
Small Ag & Turf (SAT)
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Year over year change	44
Construction & Forestry (CF)
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Year over year change	(225)
Financial Services (FS)
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Year over year change	1
Reserves, Impairments, Gain, and Ratification Bonus
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Total Russia/Ukraine events pretax expense	255
Total pretax expense (benefit)	19
Reserves, Impairments, Gain, and Ratification Bonus | Other Income
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Gain on remeasurement of previously held equity investment	(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	133
Total pretax expense (benefit)	186
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	11
Total pretax expense (benefit)	20
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	110
Total pretax expense (benefit)	(188)
Reserves, Impairments, Gain, and Ratification Bonus | Construction & Forestry (CF) | Other Income
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Gain on remeasurement of previously held equity investment	(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	1
Total pretax expense (benefit)	$ 1
Impairments and Other Benefits
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Gain on sale, pretax		(27)
Total pretax expense (benefit)		(35)
Impairments and Other Benefits | Other Income
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Gain on sale, pretax		(27)
Impairments and Other Benefits | Cost of Sales
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Long-lived asset impairments, pretax		50
Indirect tax benefit, pretax		(58)
Impairments and Other Benefits | Production & Precision Ag (PPA)
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Total pretax expense (benefit)		(48)
Impairments and Other Benefits | 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 Benefits | Small Ag & Turf (SAT)
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Total pretax expense (benefit)		(24)
Impairments and Other Benefits | Small Ag & Turf (SAT) | Other Income
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Gain on sale, pretax		(27)
Impairments and Other Benefits | Small Ag & Turf (SAT) | Cost of Sales
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Long-lived asset impairments, pretax		3
Impairments and Other Benefits | Construction & Forestry (CF)
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Total pretax expense (benefit)		37
Impairments and Other Benefits | Construction & Forestry (CF) | Cost of Sales
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Long-lived asset impairments, pretax		42
Indirect tax benefit, pretax		$ (5)