Shareholders' Equity - Unrecognized Share-based Compensation (Details) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2020 USD ($)
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Unrecognized Service Costs [Line Items]
Unamortized Compensation Costs	$ 693
Options
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Unrecognized Service Costs [Line Items]
Unamortized Compensation Costs	$ 3
Weighted Average Service Period	18 days
RSUs and PSUs
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Unrecognized Service Costs [Line Items]
Unamortized Compensation Costs	$ 640
Weighted Average Service Period	2 years 8 months 12 days
ESPP
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Unrecognized Service Costs [Line Items]
Unamortized Compensation Costs	$ 50
Weighted Average Service Period	1 year 4 months 24 days

Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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