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Commitments and Contingencies (Additional Information) (Details) (USD $)
 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 15 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Jan. 24, 2015
Jan. 25, 2014
Jan. 24, 2015
Jan. 25, 2014
Oct. 25, 2014
Apr. 28, 2012
Oct. 25, 2014
Apr. 25, 2015
Jul. 26, 2014
Contingency [Line Items]                  
Purchase Commitments $ 4,257,000,000us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentRemainingMinimumAmountCommitted   $ 4,257,000,000us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentRemainingMinimumAmountCommitted           $ 4,169,000,000us-gaap_PurchaseCommitmentRemainingMinimumAmountCommitted
Liability for purchase commitments 165,000,000us-gaap_FairValueDisclosureOffbalanceSheetRisksFaceAmountLiability   165,000,000us-gaap_FairValueDisclosureOffbalanceSheetRisksFaceAmountLiability           162,000,000us-gaap_FairValueDisclosureOffbalanceSheetRisksFaceAmountLiability
Future compensation expense & contingent consideration, maximum 428,000,000csco_Estimatedfuturecashcompensationexpensemaximumamount   428,000,000csco_Estimatedfuturecashcompensationexpensemaximumamount            
Commitments and contingencies                     
Volume of channel partner financing 6,200,000,000us-gaap_GrossTransactionVolume 5,900,000,000us-gaap_GrossTransactionVolume 12,500,000,000us-gaap_GrossTransactionVolume 12,200,000,000us-gaap_GrossTransactionVolume          
Balance of the channel partner financing subject to guarantees 1,300,000,000csco_ChannelPartnerFinancingSubjectToGuarantees   1,300,000,000csco_ChannelPartnerFinancingSubjectToGuarantees           1,200,000,000csco_ChannelPartnerFinancingSubjectToGuarantees
Financing provided by third parties for leases and loans on which the Company has provided guarantees 39,000,000csco_ThirdPartiesFinancingArrangementsWithCompanyGuarantee 20,000,000csco_ThirdPartiesFinancingArrangementsWithCompanyGuarantee 65,000,000csco_ThirdPartiesFinancingArrangementsWithCompanyGuarantee 45,000,000csco_ThirdPartiesFinancingArrangementsWithCompanyGuarantee          
Cost of Goods Sold 3,806,000,000us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold 4,323,000,000us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold 7,725,000,000us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold 8,070,000,000us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold          
Brazilian Authority Claim Of Import Tax Evasion By Importer Tax Portion 335,000,000csco_BrazilianAuthorityClaimOfImportTaxEvasionByImporterTaxPortion   335,000,000csco_BrazilianAuthorityClaimOfImportTaxEvasionByImporterTaxPortion            
Brazilian Authority Claim Of Import Tax Evasion By Importer Interest Portion 1,300,000,000csco_BrazilianAuthorityClaimOfImportTaxEvasionByImporterInterestPortion   1,300,000,000csco_BrazilianAuthorityClaimOfImportTaxEvasionByImporterInterestPortion            
Brazilian Authority Claim Of Import Tax Evasion By Importer Penalties Portion 1,500,000,000csco_BrazilianAuthorityClaimOfImportTaxEvasionByImporterPenaltiesPortion   1,500,000,000csco_BrazilianAuthorityClaimOfImportTaxEvasionByImporterPenaltiesPortion            
Minimum                  
Contingency [Line Items]                  
Warranty period for products, in days 90 days                
Channel partners revolving short-term financing payment term 60 days                
Maximum                  
Contingency [Line Items]                  
Warranty period for products, in years 5 years                
Channel partners revolving short-term financing payment term 90 days                
End User Lease And Loan Term 3 years                
Insieme Networks Inc                  
Contingency [Line Items]                  
Variable Interest Entities Investment           100,000,000us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityFinancialOrOtherSupportAmount
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_InsiemeNetworksIncMember		      
Ownership percentage as a result of investment         83.00%us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityOwnershipPercentage
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_InsiemeNetworksIncMember		        
Compensation expense related to acquisitions 51,000,000us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_InsiemeNetworksIncMember		 54,000,000us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_InsiemeNetworksIncMember		 104,000,000us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_InsiemeNetworksIncMember		 311,000,000us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_InsiemeNetworksIncMember		     520,000,000us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_InsiemeNetworksIncMember		    
Insieme Networks Inc | Maximum | Including compensation that has been expensed through current reporting period [Member]                  
Contingency [Line Items]                  
Commitments and contingencies 845,000,000us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingencies
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= csco_IncludingcompensationthathasbeenexpensedthroughcurrentreportingperiodMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_InsiemeNetworksIncMember		   845,000,000us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingencies
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= csco_IncludingcompensationthathasbeenexpensedthroughcurrentreportingperiodMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_InsiemeNetworksIncMember		            
Investments In Privately Held Companies                  
Contingency [Line Items]                  
Commitments and contingencies 230,000,000us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingencies
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_InvestmentsInPrivatelyHeldCompaniesMember		   230,000,000us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingencies
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_InvestmentsInPrivatelyHeldCompaniesMember		           255,000,000us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingencies
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_InvestmentsInPrivatelyHeldCompaniesMember
Supplier Component Remediation Liability                  
Contingency [Line Items]                  
Commitments and contingencies 613,000,000us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingencies
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_SupplierComponentRemediationLiabilityMember		 63,000,000us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingencies
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_SupplierComponentRemediationLiabilityMember		 613,000,000us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingencies
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_SupplierComponentRemediationLiabilityMember		 63,000,000us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingencies
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_SupplierComponentRemediationLiabilityMember		         670,000,000us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingencies
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_SupplierComponentRemediationLiabilityMember
Cost of Goods Sold   655,000,000us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_SupplierComponentRemediationLiabilityMember		              
Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States [Member]                  
Contingency [Line Items]                  
Percentage of revenue, Percentage 2.00%csco_PercentageofrevenuePercentage
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_RussiaandtheCommonwealthofIndependentStatesMember		                
Rockstar [Member]                  
Contingency [Line Items]                  
Cost of Goods Sold         188,000,000us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_RockstarMember		        
Rockstar [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] | Partially offset to $188 million accrued to Cost of goods sold in Q1'15                  
Contingency [Line Items]                  
Loss Contingency, Damages Awarded, Value               $ 300,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesAwardedValue
/ us-gaap_NatureOfExpenseAxis
= csco_Included188millionaccruedliabilitytoCostofSalesinQ115Member
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= csco_RockstarMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember