Condensed Consolidating Financial Information (Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2014	Nov. 02, 2013	Aug. 03, 2013	May 04, 2013	Feb. 02, 2013	Oct. 27, 2012	Jul. 28, 2012	Apr. 28, 2012	Feb. 01, 2014	Feb. 02, 2013	Jan. 28, 2012
Net sales	$ 9,202	$ 6,276	$ 6,066	$ 6,387	$ 9,350	$ 6,075	$ 6,118	$ 6,143	$ 27,931	$ 27,686	$ 26,405
Cost of sales	(5,464)	(3,817)	(3,533)	(3,911)	(5,554)	(3,672)	(3,555)	(3,757)	(16,725)	(16,538)	(15,738)
Gross margin	3,738	2,459	2,533	2,476	3,796	2,403	2,563	2,386	11,206	11,148	10,667
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(2,301)	(2,099)	(1,999)	(2,041)	(2,400)	(2,078)	(2,009)	(1,995)	(8,440)	(8,482)	(8,281)
Impairments, store closing and other costs and gain on sale of leases	(88)	0	0	0	(5)	0	0	0	(88)	(5)	25
Operating income (loss)									2,678	2,661	2,411
Interest Income (Expense), Net									(388)	(422)	(443)
Interest (expense) income, net
Intercompany									0	0	0
Premium on early retirement of debt					(133)			(4)	0	(137)	0
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries									0	0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes									2,290	2,102	1,968
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)									(804)	(767)	(712)
Net income	811	177	281	217	730	145	279	181	1,486	1,335	1,256
Comprehensive income									1,752	1,465	925
Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Net sales									13,233	13,594	13,405
Cost of sales									(8,168)	(8,385)	(8,274)
Gross margin									5,065	5,209	5,131
Selling, general and administrative expenses									(4,443)	(4,584)	(4,585)
Impairments, store closing and other costs and gain on sale of leases									(37)	(8)	28
Operating income (loss)									585	617	574
Interest Income (Expense), Net									(388)	(422)	(443)
Interest (expense) income, net
Intercompany									(176)	(146)	(191)
Premium on early retirement of debt										(137)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries									557	638	548
Income (loss) before income taxes									578	550	488
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)									33	24	27
Net income									611	574	515
Comprehensive income									877	704	184
Parent Company [Member]
Net sales									0	0	0
Cost of sales									0	0	0
Gross margin									0	0	0
Selling, general and administrative expenses									(8)	(9)	5
Impairments, store closing and other costs and gain on sale of leases									0	0	0
Operating income (loss)									(8)	(9)	5
Interest Income (Expense), Net									1	1	1
Interest (expense) income, net
Intercompany									(2)	(2)	(1)
Premium on early retirement of debt										0
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries									1,492	1,342	1,253
Income (loss) before income taxes									1,483	1,332	1,258
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)									3	3	(2)
Net income									1,486	1,335	1,256
Comprehensive income									1,752	1,465	925
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Net sales									23,471	22,493	21,312
Cost of sales									(17,276)	(16,500)	(15,721)
Gross margin									6,195	5,993	5,591
Selling, general and administrative expenses									(4,043)	(3,943)	(3,756)
Impairments, store closing and other costs and gain on sale of leases									(51)	3	(3)
Operating income (loss)									2,101	2,053	1,832
Interest Income (Expense), Net									(1)	(1)	(1)
Interest (expense) income, net
Intercompany									178	148	192
Premium on early retirement of debt										0
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries									0	0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes									2,278	2,200	2,023
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)									(840)	(794)	(737)
Net income									1,438	1,406	1,286
Comprehensive income									1,434	1,477	1,150
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Net sales									(8,773)	(8,401)	(8,312)
Cost of sales									8,719	8,347	8,257
Gross margin									(54)	(54)	(55)
Selling, general and administrative expenses									54	54	55
Impairments, store closing and other costs and gain on sale of leases									0	0	0
Operating income (loss)									0	0	0
Interest Income (Expense), Net									0	0	0
Interest (expense) income, net
Intercompany									0	0	0
Premium on early retirement of debt										0
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries									(2,049)	(1,980)	(1,801)
Income (loss) before income taxes									(2,049)	(1,980)	(1,801)
Federal, state and local income tax benefit (expense)									0	0	0
Net income									(2,049)	(1,980)	(1,801)
Comprehensive income									$ (2,311)	$ (2,181)	$ (1,334)