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AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund  
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Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading Investment Objective
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock The AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund's (the “Fund”) investment objective is to seek current income exempt from federal income tax, consistent with preservation of capital.
Objective, Secondary [Text Block] rr_ObjectiveSecondaryTextBlock Capital appreciation is a secondary objective.
Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading Fees and Expenses of the Fund
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock
The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual Fund 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 May 1, 2026
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading Portfolio Turnover
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock
The Fund 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 and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 36% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 36.00%
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Expense Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock
This Example will help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund to the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example makes certain assumptions. It assumes that you invest $10,000 as an initial investment in the Fund for the time periods
indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. It also assumes that your investment has a 5% total return each year and the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The first year of each amount shown in the Example reflects the Fund’s contractual expense limitation through May 1, 2026. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on the above assumptions, your costs would be:
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in municipal bonds that are exempt from federal income tax. This policy is fundamental and may not be changed without shareholder approval. In addition, up to 100% of the Fund’s assets may be invested in municipal bonds, the interest on which may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax.
GW&K Investment Management, LLC, the subadviser to the Fund (“GW&K” or the “Subadviser”), normally invests in municipal bonds that are rated “investment grade” by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, such as Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”). Investment grade securities are rated at least in the Baa major rating category by Moody’s or the BBB major rating category by S&P or rated similarly by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. From time to time, the Fund may invest in unrated municipal bonds, which are considered by the Subadviser to be of comparable quality and creditworthiness as investment grade rated securities. In cases where the credit ratings agencies have assigned different credit ratings to the same security, the security will be considered to have the higher credit rating. The Fund may continue to hold securities that are downgraded in credit rating subsequent to their purchase if GW&K believes it would be advantageous to do so. The Fund expects that the average credit rating of the Fund’s portfolio will be AA under the S&P ratings categories. The Fund has no limitations on the maturity of individual securities, but
expects to maintain a dollar-weighted average maturity of 6 to 12 years. The Fund expects to maintain a duration of +/- 25% of the duration of the Bloomberg 10-Year Municipal Bond Index, which was 5.71 years as of February 28, 2025. The Fund’s average weighted portfolio maturity and duration may vary from time to time depending on the Subadviser’s views on the direction of interest rates.
In selecting municipal bonds, the Subadviser uses a bottom-up, research-driven process based on its assessment of creditworthiness and geographic diversification of issuers and market availability of municipal bonds. The Subadviser typically invests for the long-term and seeks opportunities across the yield curve while retaining flexibility to react to interest rate shifts. Although the Fund invests nationally and seeks to be diversified by geography and across sectors of the municipal bond market, the Fund may at times invest a significant portion of its assets in a particular state or region or in a particular sector due to market conditions.
Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading Principal Risks
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading Performance
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock
The following performance information illustrates the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s performance compares to that of (i) a broad-based index and (ii) an additional index reflecting the market segment(s) in which the Fund invests. As always, past performance of the Fund (before and after taxes) is not an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Effective October 1, 2016, outstanding Investor Class and Institutional Class shares of the Fund were renamed Class N and Class I shares, respectively. To obtain updated performance information please visit wealth.amg.com or call 800.548.4539.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns The following performance information illustrates the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s performance compares to that of (i) a broad-based index and(ii) an additional index reflecting the market segment(s) in which the Fund invests.
Performance Additional Market Index [Text] rr_PerformanceAdditionalMarketIndex The Fund continues to use the Bloomberg 10-Year Municipal Bond Index as an additional benchmark that reflects the market segment(s) in which the Fund invests.
Performance Availability Phone [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityPhone 800.548.4539
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress wealth.amg.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture As always, past performance of the Fund (before and after taxes) is not an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Bar Chart [Heading] rr_BarChartHeading Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31/24 (Class N)
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Best Quarter: 7.81% (4th Quarter 2023)
Worst Quarter: -6.87% (1st Quarter 2022)
Performance Table Heading rr_PerformanceTableHeading Average Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/24
Performance Table Market Index Changed rr_PerformanceTableMarketIndexChanged Effective December 31, 2024, the Bloomberg US Municipal Bond Index was added as a broad measure of market performance in accordance with recent changes to regulatory disclosure requirements. The Fund continues to use the Bloomberg 10-Year Municipal Bond Index as an additional benchmark that reflects the market segment(s) in which the Fund invests.
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”).
Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text] rr_PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown After-tax returns are shown for Class N shares only, and after-tax returns for Class I shares will vary.
Performance Table Narrative rr_PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlock
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). After-tax returns are shown for Class N shares only, and after-tax returns for Class I shares will vary.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Risk Lose Money [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock There is the risk that you may lose money on your investment.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock An investment in the Fund is not a deposit or obligation of any bank, is not endorsed or guaranteed by any bank, and is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Debt Securities Risk [Member]  
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Debt Securities Risk—the value of a debt security changes in response to various factors, including, for example, market-related factors, such as changes in interest rates or changes in the actual or perceived ability of an issuer to meet its obligations. Investments in debt securities are subject to, among other risks, credit risk, interest rate risk, extension risk, prepayment risk and liquidity risk.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Municipal Market Risk [Member]  
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Municipal Market Risk—factors unique to the municipal bond market may negatively affect the value of municipal bonds. These factors include political or legislative changes, and uncertainties related to the tax status of the securities and the rights of investors in the securities. The Fund may invest in a group of municipal obligations that are related in such a way that an economic, business, or political development affecting one would also affect the others.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Interest Rate Risks [Member]  
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Interest Rate Risk—fixed coupon payments (cash flows) of bonds and debt securities may become less competitive with the market in periods of rising interest rates and cause bond prices to decline. During periods of increasing interest rates, the Fund
may experience high levels of volatility and shareholder redemptions, and may have to sell securities at times when it would otherwise not do so, and at unfavorable prices, which could reduce the returns of the Fund.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Credit Risks [Member]  
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Credit Risk—the issuer of bonds or other debt securities may be unable or unwilling, or may be perceived as unable or unwilling, to make timely interest or principal payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Changes in an issuer’s financial strength, credit rating or the market’s perception of an issuer’s creditworthiness may also affect the value of the Fund’s investment in that issuer.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Liquidity Risk [Member]  
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Liquidity Risk—the Fund may not be able to dispose of particular investments, such as illiquid securities, readily at favorable times or prices or the Fund may have to sell them at a loss.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Changing Distribution Level Risk [Member]  
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Changing Distribution Level Risk—the Fund will normally receive income which may include interest, dividends and/or capital gains, depending upon its investments. The distribution amount paid by the Fund will vary and generally depends on the amount of income the Fund earns (less expenses) on its portfolio holdings, and capital gains or losses it recognizes. A decline in the Fund’s income or net capital gains arising from its investments may reduce its distribution level.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Extension Risk [Member]  
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Extension Risk—during periods of rising interest rates, a debtor may pay back a bond or other fixed income security slower than expected or required, and the value of such security may fall.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Inflation Deflation Risk [Member]  
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Inflation/Deflation Risk—inflation risk is the risk that the value of assets or income from investments will be worth less in the future. Inflation rates may change frequently and drastically as a result of various factors and the Fund’s investments may not keep pace with inflation, which may result in losses to Fund investors or adversely affect the real value of shareholders’ investments in the Fund. As inflation rates increase, fixed income securities markets may experience heightened levels of interest rate volatility and liquidity risk. Deflation risk is the risk that the prices throughout the economy decline over time – the opposite of inflation. Deflation may have an adverse effect on the creditworthiness of issuers and may make issuer default more likely, which may result in a decline in the value of the Fund’s portfolio.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Management Risk [Member]  
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Management Risk—because the Fund is an actively managed investment portfolio, security selection or focus on securities in a particular style, market sector or group of companies may cause the Fund to incur losses or underperform relative to its benchmarks or other funds with a similar investment objective. There can be no guarantee that the Subadviser’s investment techniques and risk analysis will produce the desired result.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Market Risk [Member]  
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Market Risk—market prices of investments held by the Fund may fall rapidly or unpredictably due to a variety of factors, including economic or market conditions, or other factors including terrorism, war, natural disasters and the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, including epidemics or pandemics, or in response to events that affect particular industries or companies. In addition, unexpected
political, regulatory, trade and diplomatic events within the United States and abroad may affect investor and consumer confidence and may adversely impact financial markets and the broader economy, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Prepayment Risks [Member]  
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Prepayment Risk—a debtor may exercise its right to pay back a bond or other debt security earlier than expected or required during periods of decreasing interest rates.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Reinvestment Risk [Member]  
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Reinvestment Risk—the Fund may have difficulty reinvesting payments from debtors and may receive lower rates than from its original investments.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Sector Risk [Member]  
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Sector Risk—issuers and companies that are in similar industry sectors may be similarly affected by particular economic or market events; to the extent the Fund has substantial holdings within a particular sector, the risks associated with that sector increase. A portion of the Fund's assets may be invested in fixed income securities that would tend to respond similarly to particular economic or political developments or the interest on which is based on revenues or otherwise related to similar types of projects.  An example would be securities of issuers whose revenues are paid from similar types of projects, such as utilities or transportation.
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Class N  
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Management Fee rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.21%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.32%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.78%
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursements rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.07%) [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursements rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.71% [1]
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 73
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 242
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 426
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 960
2015 rr_AnnualReturn2015 3.36%
2016 rr_AnnualReturn2016 (1.05%)
2017 rr_AnnualReturn2017 4.58%
2018 rr_AnnualReturn2018 0.54%
2019 rr_AnnualReturn2019 7.29%
2020 rr_AnnualReturn2020 4.31%
2021 rr_AnnualReturn2021 0.10%
2022 rr_AnnualReturn2022 (7.80%)
2023 rr_AnnualReturn2023 5.72%
2024 rr_AnnualReturn2024 (0.29%)
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel Best Quarter:
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Dec. 31, 2023
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 7.81%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel Worst Quarter:
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Mar. 31, 2022
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (6.87%)
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (0.29%)
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.30%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 1.59%
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Class I  
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Management Fee rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.21%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.46%
Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursements rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.07%) [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursements rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.39% [1]
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 40
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 141
5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 251
10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 572
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 0.04%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.64%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 1.95%
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Return After Taxes on Distributions | Class N  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (0.34%)
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.21%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 1.44%
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | Class N  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 0.69%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.57%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 1.52%
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Bloomberg US Municipal Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 1.05% [2]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.99% [2]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 2.25% [2]
AMG GW&K Municipal Bond Fund | Bloomberg 10-Year Municipal Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 (0.33%) [2]
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.99% [2]
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 2.32% [2]
[1] AMG Funds LLC (the “Investment Manager”) has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2026, to waive management fees and/or pay or reimburse the Fund’s expenses in order to limit Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts and in connection with securities sold short), shareholder servicing fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, dividends payable with respect to securities sold short, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) of the Fund to the annual rate of 0.34% of the Fund’s average daily net assets (this annual rate or such other annual rate that may be in effect from time to time, the “Expense Cap”), subject to later reimbursement by the Fund in certain circumstances. In general, for a period of up to 36 months after the date any amounts are paid, waived or reimbursed by the Investment Manager, the Investment Manager may recover such amounts from the Fund, provided that such repayment would not cause the Fund’s Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursements (exclusive of the items noted in the parenthetical above) to exceed either (i) the Expense Cap in effect at the time such amounts were paid, waived or reimbursed, or (ii) the Expense Cap in effect at the time of such repayment by the Fund. The contractual expense limitation may only be terminated in the event the Investment Manager or a successor ceases to be the investment manager of the Fund or a successor fund, by mutual agreement between the Investment Manager and the AMG Funds Board of Trustees or in the event of the Fund’s liquidation unless the Fund is reorganized or is a party to a merger in which the surviving entity is successor to the accounting and performance information of the Fund.
[2] Effective December 31, 2024, the Bloomberg US Municipal Bond Index was added as a broad measure of market performance in accordance with recent changes to regulatory disclosure requirements. The Fund continues to use the Bloomberg 10-Year Municipal Bond Index as an additional benchmark that reflects the market segment(s) in which the Fund invests.