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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Total
Total Wells Fargo stockholders' equity [Member]
Preferred stock [Member]
Common stock [Member]
Additional paid-in capital [Member]
Retained earnings [Member]
Cumulative other comprehensive income [Member]
Treasury stock [Member]
Unearned ESOP Shares [Member]
Noncontrolling interests [Member]
Stockholders' Equity Period Increase (Decrease)                    
Cumulative effect from change in accounting principle | Accounting Standards Update 2015-02 [Member] [1] $ 121                 $ 121
Balance, beginning of period adjusted balance 194,012 $ 192,998 $ 22,214 $ 9,136 $ 60,714 $ 120,866 $ 297 $ (18,867) $ (1,362) 1,014
Balance, beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2015 193,891 192,998 $ 22,214 $ 9,136 60,714 120,866 297 (18,867) (1,362) 893
Beginning balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2015     11,259,917 5,092,128,810            
Stockholders' Equity Period Increase (Decrease)                    
Net income 21,938 21,938       21,938        
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests (107)                 107
Net income 22,045                  
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to parent, net of tax (3,434) (3,434)         (3,434)      
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax 17                 (17)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax (3,451)           (3,451)      
Noncontrolling interests, adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital   2     2          
Noncontrolling interests                   (188)
Total change in noncontrolling interests (186)                  
Common stock issued 2,386 2,386     (203) (451)   3,040    
Common stock, shares issued       63,441,805            
Common stock repurchased [2] (8,116) (8,116)     (250)     (7,866)    
Common stock repurchased, shares [2]       (159,647,152)            
Preferred stock issued to ESOP 0 0 $ 1,150   99       (1,249)  
Preferred stock issued to ESOP, shares     1,150,000              
Preferred stock released by ESOP 963 963     (83)       1,046  
Preferred stock converted to common shares 0 0 $ (963)   (11)     974    
Preferred stock converted to common shares, shares     (963,205) 20,185,863            
Common stock warrants repurchased/exercised (17) (17)     (17)          
Preferred stock issued 2,101 2,101 $ 2,150   (49)          
Preferred stock, shares issued     86,000              
Common stock dividends (7,661) (7,661)     51 (7,712)        
Preferred stock dividends (1,566) (1,566)       (1,566)        
Tax benefit from stock incentive compensation 277 277     277          
Stock incentive compensation expense 779 779     779          
Net change in deferred compensation and related plans (1,069) (1,069)     (1,075)     6    
Net change 6,485 6,583 $ 2,337 $ 0 (480) 12,209 (3,434) (3,846) (203) (98)
Net change, shares     272,795 (76,019,484)            
Balance, end of period at Dec. 31, 2016 200,497 199,581 $ 24,551 $ 9,136 60,234 133,075 (3,137) (22,713) (1,565) 916
Ending balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2016     11,532,712 5,016,109,326            
Stockholders' Equity Period Increase (Decrease)                    
Cumulative effect from change in accounting principle | Accounting Standards Update 2017-12 [Member] [3] (213) (213)       (381) 168      
Balance, beginning of period adjusted balance 200,284 199,368 $ 24,551 $ 9,136 60,234 132,694 (2,969) (22,713) (1,565) 916
Net income 22,183 22,183       22,183        
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests (277)                 277
Net income 22,460                  
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to parent, net of tax 825 825         825      
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax 62                 (62)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax 763           763      
Noncontrolling interests, adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital   0     0          
Noncontrolling interests                   12
Total change in noncontrolling interests 12                  
Common stock issued 2,348 2,348     (133) (277)   2,758    
Common stock, shares issued       57,257,564            
Common stock repurchased [2] (9,908) (9,908)     750     (10,658)    
Common stock repurchased, shares [2]       (196,519,707)            
Preferred stock issued to ESOP 0 0 $ 950   31       (981)  
Preferred stock issued to ESOP, shares     950,000              
Preferred stock released by ESOP 833 833     (35)       868  
Preferred stock converted to common shares 0 0 $ (833)   97     736    
Preferred stock converted to common shares, shares     (833,077) 14,769,445            
Common stock warrants repurchased/exercised (133) (133)     (133)          
Preferred stock issued 677 677 $ 690   (13)          
Preferred stock, shares issued     27,600              
Common stock dividends (7,658) (7,658)     50 (7,708)        
Preferred stock dividends (1,629) (1,629)       (1,629)        
Tax benefit from stock incentive compensation 0 0     0          
Stock incentive compensation expense 875 875     875          
Net change in deferred compensation and related plans (845) (845)     (830)     (15)    
Net change 7,795 7,568 $ 807 $ 0 659 12,569 825 (7,179) (113) 227
Net change, shares     144,523 (124,492,698)            
Balance, end of period at Dec. 31, 2017 208,079 206,936 $ 25,358 $ 9,136 60,893 145,263 (2,144) (29,892) (1,678) 1,143
Ending balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2017     11,677,235 4,891,616,628            
Stockholders' Equity Period Increase (Decrease)                    
Cumulative effect from change in accounting principle | Accounting Standards Update 2016-01 [Member] [4]             (118)      
Cumulative effect from change in accounting principle | Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-01; ASU 2016-04; ASU 2016-16 and ASU 2014-09 [Member] [4] (24) (24)       94        
Balance, beginning of period adjusted balance 208,055 206,912 $ 25,358 $ 9,136 60,893 145,357 (2,262) (29,892) (1,678) 1,143
Adoption of accounting standard | Accounting Standards Update 2018-02 [Member] [5] 0 0       400 (400)      
Net income 22,393 22,393       22,393        
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests (483)                 483
Net income 22,876                  
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to parent, net of tax (3,674) (3,674)         (3,674)      
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax 2                 (2)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax (3,676)           (4,076)      
Noncontrolling interests, adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital   7     7          
Noncontrolling interests                   (724)
Total change in noncontrolling interests (717)                  
Common stock issued 1,676 1,676     (76) (321)   2,073    
Common stock, shares issued       41,082,047            
Common stock repurchased (20,633) (20,633)     0     (20,633)    
Common stock repurchased, shares       (375,477,998)            
Preferred stock redeemed, Value [6] (2,150) (2,150) $ (1,995)     (155)        
Preferred stock redeemed, Shares [6]     (2,150,375)              
Preferred stock issued to ESOP 0 0 $ 1,100   43       (1,143)  
Preferred stock issued to ESOP, shares     1,100,000              
Preferred stock released by ESOP 1,249 1,249     (70)       1,319  
Preferred stock converted to common shares 0 0 $ (1,249)   6     1,243    
Preferred stock converted to common shares, shares     (1,249,644) 24,032,931            
Common stock warrants repurchased/exercised (325) (325)     (325)          
Preferred stock issued 0 0 $ 0   0          
Preferred stock, shares issued     0              
Common stock dividends (7,889) (7,889)     66 (7,955)        
Preferred stock dividends (1,556) (1,556)       (1,556)        
Stock incentive compensation expense 1,041 1,041     1,041          
Net change in deferred compensation and related plans (885) (885)     (900)     15    
Net change (10,989) (10,746) $ (2,144) $ 0 (208) 12,806 (4,074) (17,302) 176 (243)
Net change, shares     (2,300,019) (310,363,020)            
Balance, end of period at Dec. 31, 2018 $ 197,066 $ 196,166 $ 23,214 $ 9,136 $ 60,685 $ 158,163 $ (6,336) $ (47,194) $ (1,502) $ 900
Ending balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2018     9,377,216 4,581,253,608            
[1] (1)Effective January 1, 2016, we adopted changes in consolidation accounting pursuant to Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2015-02: Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. Accordingly, we recorded a $121 million net increase to beginning noncontrolling interests as a cumulative-effect adjustment.
[2] (2)For the year ended December 31, 2016, includes $750 million related to a private forward repurchase transaction that settled in first quarter 2017 for 14.7 million shares of common stock. See Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies) for additional information.
[3] (3)Effective January 1, 2017, we adopted changes in hedge accounting pursuant to ASU 2017-12 – Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities.
[4] (1)Effective January 1, 2018, we adopted ASU 2016-04 – Liabilities – Extinguishments of Liabilities (Subtopic 405-20): Recognition of Breakage for Certain Prepaid Stored-Value Products, ASU 2016-01 – Financial Instruments – Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, and ASU 2014-09 – Revenue from Contracts With Customers (Topic 606) and subsequent related Updates. See Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies) in this Report for more information.
[5] (2)Represents the reclassification from other comprehensive income to retained earnings as a result of our adoption of ASU 2018-02 – Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, in the third quarter of 2018. For additional information, see Note 1.
[6] (3)Represents the impact of the redemption of preferred stock, series J, in third quarter 2018.