Document and Entity Information - shares	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2016	Aug. 31, 2016
Document and Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co,
Entity Central Index Key	0001645590
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jul. 31, 2016
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--10-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		1,665,537,308
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3