Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2018	Feb. 28, 2018
Document and Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co,
Entity Central Index Key	0001645590
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jan. 31, 2018
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--10-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		1,553,204,723
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2018
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1