EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
    I, Tracy Gardner, hereby constitute and appoint David Jedrzejek, Thomas J.
Lima, Marie Ma and Lisa Mertens, with the power to sign alone, as my true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to act for me in my capacity as an officer and/or
director of THE GAP, INC. (the Company) to:

1.	Sign and file the Uniform Application for Access Codes on Edgar;

2.	Prepare, sign and file Forms 3, 4 and 5 in furtherance of satisfying my
obligations under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the 1934 Act) with respect to Company securities;

3.	Prepare, sign and file notices on Form 144 in furtherance of satisfying
my obligations, if any,  under Rule 144 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1933 (the 1933 Act) with respect to Company securities; and

4.	Execute and deliver any and all documents, take any and all steps and do
any and all things that my attorney in fact may deem necessary or
appropriate in furtherance of the purposes stated in (1), (2) and (3)
above.

       I hereby grant to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do
and perform any act that he or she deems necessary or appropriate in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers granted by this Power of Attorney, as
fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation.  I acknowledge that
neither my attorneys-in-fact nor the Company is assuming any of my
responsibilities and obligations to comply with the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and
the rules thereunder.

       This Power of Attorney will remain in effect until I am no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 or 144 with respect to Company securities,
except that I reserve the right to revoke this Power of Attorney by written
notice delivered to my attorneys in fact and the Company.


Date:  November 4, 2015			/s/ Tracy Gardner
							Tracy Gardner