Nature Of Operations And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 02, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 30, 2021 USD ($) store province state	Feb. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 02, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 04, 2018 USD ($)
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Number of states in which company operates | state			40
Number of provinces in which the company operates | province			3
Contract liabilities			$ 478,000,000	$ 576,000,000		$ 548,000,000
Gift card breakage income			81,000,000	17,000,000	$ 14,000,000
Restructuring costs			88,000,000
Estimated Nordstrom cardmembers to receive a refund	4.00%
Amount of customer refund or credit	$ 100
Advertising expense, net of vendor allowances			283,000,000	299,000,000	246,000,000
Selling, general and administrative expenses			$ 4,162,000,000	$ 4,808,000,000	$ 4,868,000,000
U.S. federal corporate income tax statutory rate		35.00%	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
Income taxes receivable			$ 560,000,000
Employee retention payroll tax credits			69,000,000
Checks not yet presented for payment drawn in excess of bank deposit balances			106,000,000	$ 110,000,000
Amortization expense of intangible assets				7,000,000	$ 11,000,000
Impairment of intangible assets				11,000,000
No future amortization expense will be recorded				0
Goodwill			249,000,000	249,000,000
Goodwill impairment			0	0	0
Pre-Tax [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Pre-tax dollar impact of Estimated Non-recurring Charge	72,000,000
Post-Tax [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Pre-tax dollar impact of Estimated Non-recurring Charge	$ 49,000,000
Cost of sales and related buying and occupancy costs [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Restructuring costs			25,000,000
SG&A expenses [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Restructuring costs			63,000,000
Shipping and handling [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Selling, general and administrative expenses			828,000,000	627,000,000	$ 589,000,000
Nordstrom Rewards [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Contract liabilities			137,000,000	162,000,000
Gift Cards [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Contract liabilities			$ 341,000,000	414,000,000
Loyalty Program, Nordstrom Notes [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Breakage rate			10.00%
Average period between issuance and redemption			11 months
Loyalty Program, Points [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Breakage rate			8.00%
Gift Cards [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Breakage rate			3.00%
Average period between issuance and redemption			2 years
Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Cumulative effect of adopted accounting standards				$ 55,000,000
Nordstrom - U.S. [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Number of retail channels | store			94
Nordstrom - U.S. [Member] | Facility Closing
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Number of retail channels | store			16
Nordstrom Canada [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Number of retail channels | store			6
Canadian Nordstrom Rack [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Number of retail channels | store			7
Nordstrom Local [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Number of retail channels | store			7
Nordstrom Rack [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Number of retail channels | store			242
Last Chance [Member]
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Number of retail channels | store			2
Trunk Club [Member] | Facility Closing
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Number of retail channels | store			6
Jeffrey Boutiques | Facility Closing
Nature Of Retail Operations [Line Items]
Number of retail channels | store			3