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Debt Instrument, Term, Number of Extension Periods

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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DEBT - Unsecured Debt Narrative (Details)	Sep. 12, 2017 USD ($) option_period	Oct. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 07, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 26, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 21, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 07, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 22, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt, principal amount		$ 50,411,000,000		$ 52,665,000,000
VMware Notes and VMware Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt, principal amount		4,750,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| VMware Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt, principal amount		0
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,000,000,000.0	4,500,000,000
Debt instrument, term	5 years
Number of extension periods \| option_period	2
Conditional extension period	1 year
Revolving Credit Facility \| VMware Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity					$ 2,000,000,000.0
Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount								$ 3,250,000,000
Unsecured Debt \| 1.875% due June 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt, principal amount							$ 2,500,000,000
Interest rate							1.875%
Unsecured Debt \| 2.650% due June 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		229,000,000
Total debt, principal amount		$ 0		600,000,000			$ 2,000,000,000.0
Interest rate		2.65%
Unsecured Debt \| 3.375% due June 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt, principal amount		$ 1,000,000,000		1,000,000,000			$ 1,000,000,000.0
Interest rate		3.375%
Unsecured Debt \| VMware Notes and VMware Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount			$ 2,000,000,000.0
Unsecured Debt \| VMware Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt, principal amount		$ 0		$ 1,500,000,000
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount						$ 4,000,000,000.0