Impaired Asset at Fair Value

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Other indefinite-lived intangible asset, fair value

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Long Lived Asset at Carrying Value

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Other indefinite-lived intangible asset at carrying value

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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.

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Amount of transfers of assets measured on a recurring basis out of Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy into Level 2.

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Amount of transfers of assets measured on a recurring basis out of Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy into Level 1.

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Amount of purchases, (sales), issuances and (settlements) of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

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The charge against earnings resulting from the write down of long lived assets other than goodwill due to the difference between the carrying value and lower fair value.

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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 28, 2017	Feb. 03, 2018	Jan. 28, 2017	Jan. 30, 2016
Fair Value Of Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	$ 71	$ 0	$ 71	$ 0
Impaired Asset at Fair Value	18	2	18	8
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)		0	0
Long Lived Asset at Carrying Value	125	30	125	62
Other Asset Impairment Charges		28	107	54
Fair Value, Assets, Level 2 to Level 1 Transfers, Amount	0	0	0
Fair Value, Assets, Level 1 to Level 2 Transfers, Amount	$ 0	0	0
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Liability, Purchases, Sales, Issues, Settlements		$ 0	0
Impaired other indefinite-lived intangible asset, fair value				1
Other indefinite-lived intangible asset at carrying value				6
Non Restructuring Impairment [Member]
Fair Value Of Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Other Asset Impairment Charges			53
NonStrategicActionsImpairment [Member]
Fair Value Of Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Other Asset Impairment Charges				16
StrategicActionsImpairment [Member]
Fair Value Of Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)				5
Other Asset Impairment Charges				$ 38
Facility Closing [Member]
Fair Value Of Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Other Asset Impairment Charges			$ 54