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Additional 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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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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Financing Arrangements - Additional Information (Details)				1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 12, 2020 JPY (¥)	Dec. 12, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 12, 2018 extension	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) tranche	Jul. 26, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 24, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 26, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 27, 2018 USD ($)	May 12, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 EUR (€) tranche	Mar. 31, 2019 EUR (€) tranche
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount of current debt obligations outstanding										$ 2,776,000,000	$ 838,000,000
Principal value										24,500,000,000	25,000,000,000.0
Cash proceeds										5,568,000,000	7,794,000,000	$ 21,000,000
Loss on debt extinguishment										406,000,000	457,000,000	$ 38,000,000
Estimated fair value of senior notes										27,100,000,000	26,200,000,000
Unsecured Term Loan \| Medtronic Luxco \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term	6 months
Principal value	¥ 300,000,000,000												$ 2,800,000,000
Additional extension option, term	6 months
Unsecured Term Loan \| Medtronic Luxco \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| TIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added per annum	0.50%
$3.5 Billion Revolving Credit Facility \| Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 3,500,000,000
Debt term		5 years
Line of credit, number of extension options \| extension			2
Length of extension from maturity date		1 year
Additional borrowing capacity		$ 1,000,000,000.0
Committed line of credit outstanding										$ 0	$ 0
2019 Senior Notes \| Senior Notes \| Medtronic Luxco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of tranches \| tranche								6						6	6
Principal value \| €														€ 5,000,000,000.0	€ 7,000,000,000.0
Cash proceeds							$ 5,600,000,000	$ 7,800,000,000
Floating rate two-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term										2 years
Floating rate two-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes \| Medtronic Luxco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value \| €														€ 250,000,000	€ 500,000,000
0.000 percent two-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate										0.00%
Debt term										2 years
0.000 percent two-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes \| Medtronic Luxco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate								0.00%							0.00%
Principal value \| €															€ 1,500,000,000
0.375 percent four-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate										0.375%
Debt term										4 years
0.375 percent four-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes \| Medtronic Luxco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate								0.375%							0.375%
Principal value \| €															€ 1,500,000,000
1.125 percent eight-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate										1.125%
Debt term										8 years
1.125 percent eight-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes \| Medtronic Luxco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate								1.125%							1.125%
Principal value \| €															€ 1,500,000,000
1.625 percent twelve-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate										1.625%
Debt term										12 years
1.625 percent twelve-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes \| Medtronic Luxco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate								1.625%							1.625%
Principal value \| €															€ 1,000,000,000.0
2.250 percent twenty-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate										2.25%
Debt term										20 years
2.250 percent twenty-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes \| Medtronic Luxco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate								2.25%							2.25%
Principal value \| €															€ 1,000,000,000.0
0.000 percent four-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate										0.00%
Debt term										4 years
0.000 percent four-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes \| Medtronic Luxco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate														0.00%
Principal value \| €														€ 750,000,000
0.250 percent seven-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate										0.25%
Debt term										7 years
0.250 percent seven-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes \| Medtronic Luxco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate														0.25%
Principal value \| €														€ 1,000,000,000.0
1.000 percent thirteen-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate										1.00%
Debt term										13 years
1.000 percent thirteen-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes \| Medtronic Luxco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate														1.00%
Principal value \| €														€ 1,000,000,000.0
1.500 percent twenty-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate										1.50%
Debt term										20 years
1.500 percent twenty-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes \| Medtronic Luxco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate														1.50%
Principal value \| €														€ 1,000,000,000.0
1.750 percent thirty-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate										1.75%
Debt term										30 years
1.750 percent thirty-year 2019 senior notes \| Senior Notes \| Medtronic Luxco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate														1.75%
Principal value \| €														€ 1,000,000,000.0
Medtronic Inc. and CIFSA Senior Notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption of senior notes, face amount								$ 6,400,000,000
Redemption of senior notes, consideration								6,900,000,000
Loss on debt extinguishment								$ 485,000,000
Medtronic Inc, CIFSA, and Medtronic Luxco Senior Notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption of senior notes, face amount						$ 4,600,000,000
Redemption of senior notes, consideration						$ 5,000,000,000.0
Loss on debt extinguishment									$ 413,000,000
Early redemption premium					$ 16,000,000
Extinguishment of debt					$ 533,000,000
Floating rate five-year 2015 senior notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term				5 years						5 years
Extinguishment of debt				$ 500,000,000
4.125 percent ten-year 2011 senior notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate										4.125%	4.125%
Debt term										10 years
Principal value											$ 500,000,000
3.125 percent ten-year 2012 senior notes \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate										3.125%	3.125%
Debt term										10 years
Principal value											$ 675,000,000
Commercial Paper
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commercial paper, maximum borrowing capacity										$ 3,500,000,000
Amount of current debt obligations outstanding										$ 0	$ 0
Weighted average original maturity										7 days	27 days
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Minimum \| Bank borrowings
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Stated interest rate										0.21%