DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS - Major classes of assets and liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 28, 2016	Jan. 29, 2016
Current assets:
Total current assets	$ 5,904	$ 4,333
Current liabilities:
Total current liabilities	1,677	1,599
Dell Software Group | Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	82	254
Accounts receivable, net	200	244
Inventories, net	19	24
Other current assets	3	11
Total current assets	304	533
Property, plant, and equipment, net	116	106
Goodwill	1,391	1,391
Intangible assets, net	557	613
Other non-current assets	9	8
Total assets	2,377	2,651
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	14	15
Accrued and other	140	160
Short-term deferred revenue	621	625
Total current liabilities	775	800
Long-term deferred revenue	338	333
Other non-current liabilities	80	82
Total liabilities	1,193	1,215
Dell Services | Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale
Current assets:
Accounts receivable, net	456	404
Other current assets	67	73
Total current assets	523	477
Property, plant, and equipment, net	566	515
Goodwill	252	252
Intangible assets, net	376	388
Other non-current assets	53	50
Total assets	1,770	1,682
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	28	38
Accrued and other	159	180
Short-term deferred revenue	83	82
Total current liabilities	270	300
Long-term deferred revenue	42	53
Other non-current liabilities	40	31
Total liabilities	352	$ 384
Dell EMC Enterprise Content Division | Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale
Current assets:
Other current assets	6
Total current assets	6
Property, plant, and equipment, net	15
Goodwill	661
Intangible assets, net	1,070
Total assets	1,752
Current liabilities:
Accrued and other	8
Short-term deferred revenue	114
Total current liabilities	122
Long-term deferred revenue	10
Total liabilities	$ 132