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Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName EQ ADVISORS TRUST
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate May 01, 2020
EQ/UBS Growth and Income Portfolio  
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Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading EQ/UBS Growth and Income Portfolio1 – Class IA, IB and K Shares 1 Shareholders of the Portfolio have been asked to approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Termination, whereby, effective early to mid-June 2020, the Portfolio would be merged into the EQ/Capital Group Research Portfolio, a series of EQ Advisors Trust, also managed by FMG LLC.
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading Investment Objective:
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock Seeks to achieve total return through capital appreciation with
Objective, Secondary [Text Block] rr_ObjectiveSecondaryTextBlock income as a secondary consideration.
Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE PORTFOLIO
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio. The table below does not reflect any fees and expenses associated with variable life insurance contracts and variable annuity certificates and contracts (“Contracts”), which would increase overall fees and expenses. See the Contract prospectus for a description of those fees and expenses.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination April 30, 2021
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Portfolio’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 79% of the average value of the Portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 79.00%
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other portfolios. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the periods indicated, that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same, and that the Expense Limitation Arrangement is not renewed. This Example does not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses including redemption fees (if any) at the Contract level. If such fees and expenses were reflected, the total expenses would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, whether you redeem or hold your shares, your costs would be:
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading INVESTMENTS, RISKS, AND PERFORMANCE Principal Investment Strategy:
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio intends to invest primarily in a broadly diversified group of equity securities of U.S. large capitalization companies that offer the opportunity for capital appreciation and, secondarily, income. For this Portfolio, large capitalization companies include those companies with market capitalizations within the range of the Russell 1000 Index at the time of investment. As of December 31, 2019, the market capitalization of the Russell 1000 Index was $788.1 million to $1,305 billion. In seeking income, the Portfolio invests in stocks of dividend-paying companies. The Portfolio intends to invest primarily in common stocks, but it may also invest in other equity securities that the Sub-Adviser believes provide opportunities for capital growth.

The Sub-Adviser utilizes an investment style that focuses on identifying discrepancies between a security’s fundamental value (i.e., the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of what the security is worth) and its market price. In choosing investments, the Sub-Adviser utilizes a process that involves researching and evaluating companies for potential investment. The Sub-Adviser estimates the fundamental value of each stock under analysis based on economic, industry and company analysis and a company’s management team, competitive advantage and core competencies. The Sub-Adviser then compares its assessment of a security’s value against the prevailing market prices, with the aim of constructing a portfolio of stocks with attractive price and value characteristics. The Sub-Adviser may sell a security for a variety of reasons, such as to invest in a company offering superior investment opportunities.

The Portfolio also may lend its portfolio securities to earn additional income.
Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading Principal Risks:
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock An investment in the Portfolio is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The value of your investment may fall, sometimes sharply, and you could lose money by investing in the Portfolio. There can be no assurance that the Portfolio will achieve its investment objective.

The following risks can negatively affect the Portfolio’s performance. The most significant risks are listed first, followed by additional risks in alphabetical order.

Large-Cap Company Risk: Larger more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology and consumer tastes, which may lead to a decline in their market price. Many larger companies also may not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.

Equity Risk: In general, the values of stocks and other equity securities fluctuate, and sometimes widely fluctuate, in response to changes in a company’s financial condition as well as general market, economic and political conditions and other factors.

Dividend Risk: There is no guarantee that the companies in which the Portfolio invests will pay dividends in the future or that dividends, if paid, will remain at current levels or increase over time.

Sector Risk: From time to time, based on market or economic conditions, the Portfolio may have significant positions in one or more sectors of the market. To the extent the Portfolio invests more heavily in particular sectors, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors. Individual sectors may be more volatile, and may perform differently, than the broader market. The industries that constitute a sector may all react in the same way to economic, political or regulatory events.

Portfolio Management Risk: The Portfolio is subject to the risk that strategies used by an investment manager and its securities selections fail to produce the intended results. An investment manager’s judgments or decisions about the quality, relative yield or value of, or market trends affecting, a particular security or issuer, industry, sector, region or market segment, or about the economy or interest rates, may be incorrect or otherwise may not produce the intended results, which may result in losses to the Portfolio. In addition, many processes used in Portfolio management, including security selection, rely, in whole or in part, on the use of various technologies. The Portfolio may suffer losses if there are imperfections, errors or limitations in the quantitative, analytic or other tools, resources, information and data used, or the analyses employed or relied on, by an investment manager, or if such tools, resources, information or data are used incorrectly, fail to produce the desired results, or otherwise do not work as intended. There can be no assurance that the use of these technologies will result in effective investment decisions for the Portfolio.

Investment Style Risk: The Portfolio may use a particular style or set of styles — in this case a “value” style — to select investments. A particular style may be out of favor or may not produce the best results over short or longer time periods. Value stocks are subject to the risks that, notwithstanding that a stock is selling at a discount to its perceived true worth, the stock’s intrinsic value may never be fully recognized or realized by the market, or its price may go down. In addition, there is the risk that a stock judged to be undervalued may actually have been appropriately priced at the time of investment.

Market Risk: The Portfolio is subject to the risk that the securities markets will move down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions and other factors, which may negatively affect Portfolio performance. Securities markets also may experience long periods of decline in value. Changes in the financial condition of a single issuer can impact a market as a whole. Geo-political risks, including terrorism, tensions or open conflict between nations, or political or economic dysfunction within some nations that are major players on the world stage, may lead to instability in world economies and markets, may lead to increased market volatility, and may have adverse long-term effects. Events such as natural disasters or pandemics, and governments’ reactions to such events, could cause uncertainty in the markets and may adversely affect the performance of the global economy. In addition, markets and market participants are increasingly reliant on information data systems. Inaccurate data, software or other technology malfunctions, programming inaccuracies, unauthorized use or access, and similar circumstances may impair the performance of these systems and may have an adverse impact upon a single issuer, a group of issuers, or the market at-large.

Securities Lending Risk: The Portfolio may lend its portfolio securities to seek income. There is a risk that a borrower may default on its obligations to return loaned securities. The Portfolio will be responsible for the risks associated with the investment of cash collateral and may lose money on its investment of cash collateral or may fail to earn sufficient income on its investment to meet obligations to the borrower. Securities lending may introduce leverage into the Portfolio. In addition, delays may occur in the recovery of loaned securities from borrowers, which could interfere with the Portfolio’s ability to vote proxies or to settle transactions.
Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney The value of your investment may fall, sometimes sharply, and you could lose money by investing in the Portfolio.
Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text] rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution An investment in the Portfolio is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Portfolio’s average annual total returns for the past one, five and ten years through December 31, 2019 compared to the returns of a broad-based securities market index. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.

Class IA shares and Class K shares have not commenced operations as of the date of this Prospectus.

The performance results do not reflect any Contract-related fees and expenses, which would reduce the performance results.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Portfolio’s average annual total returns for the past one, five and ten years through December 31, 2019 compared to the returns of a broad-based securities market index.
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture Past performance is not an indication of future performance.
Bar Chart [Heading] rr_BarChartHeading Calendar Year Annual Total Returns — Class IB
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock
Best quarter (% and time period)      Worst quarter (% and time period)
18.70% (2019 1st Quarter)      –18.25% (2018 4th Quarter)
Performance Table Heading rr_PerformanceTableHeading Average Annual Total Returns
EQ/UBS Growth and Income Portfolio | Class IA Shares  
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) rr_ShareholderFeeOther
Management Fee rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.75%
Distribution and/or Service Fees (12b-1 fees) rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.20% [1]
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.20%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.15%) [2]
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.05%
Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 107
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 366
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 645
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,441
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 107
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 366
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 645
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 1,441
EQ/UBS Growth and Income Portfolio | Class IB Shares  
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) rr_ShareholderFeeOther
Management Fee rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.75%
Distribution and/or Service Fees (12b-1 fees) rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.20%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.20%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.15%) [2]
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.05%
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 107
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 366
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 645
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,441
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 107
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 366
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 645
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 1,441
2010 rr_AnnualReturn2010 13.04%
2011 rr_AnnualReturn2011 (2.72%)
2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 12.80%
2013 rr_AnnualReturn2013 35.50%
2014 rr_AnnualReturn2014 14.46%
2015 rr_AnnualReturn2015 (1.46%)
2016 rr_AnnualReturn2016 10.16%
2017 rr_AnnualReturn2017 21.37%
2018 rr_AnnualReturn2018 (13.48%)
2019 rr_AnnualReturn2019 36.85%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel Best quarter
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Mar. 31, 2019
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 18.70%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel Worst quarter
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Dec. 31, 2018
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (18.25%)
One Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 36.85%
Five Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 9.30%
Ten Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 11.62%
EQ/UBS Growth and Income Portfolio | Class K Shares  
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) rr_ShareholderFeeOther
Management Fee rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.75%
Distribution and/or Service Fees (12b-1 fees) rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.20% [1]
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.95%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.15%) [2]
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.80%
Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 82
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 288
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 511
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,153
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 82
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 288
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 511
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 1,153
EQ/UBS Growth and Income Portfolio | Russell 1000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)  
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One Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 31.43%
Five Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 11.48%
Ten Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 13.54%
[1] Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
[2] Pursuant to a contract, AXA Equitable Funds Management Group, LLC (the “Adviser”) has agreed to make payments or waive its management, administrative and other fees to limit the expenses of the Portfolio through April 30, 2021 (unless the Board of Trustees consents to an earlier revision or termination of this arrangement) (“Expense Limitation Arrangement”) so that the annual operating expenses of the Portfolio (exclusive of taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, capitalized expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend and interest expenses on securities sold short, and extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Portfolio’s business) do not exceed an annual rate of average daily net assets of 1.05% for Class IA and IB shares and 0.80% for Class K shares of the Portfolio. The Expense Limitation Arrangement may be terminated by the Adviser at any time after April 30, 2021. The Adviser may be reimbursed the amount of any such payments or waivers in the future provided that the payments or waivers are reimbursed within three years of the payments or waivers being recorded and the Portfolio’s expense ratio, after the reimbursement is taken into account, does not exceed the Portfolio’s expense cap at the time of the waiver or the Portfolio’s expense cap at the time of the reimbursement, whichever is lower.