Cover Page - USD ($) $ in Billions	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Nov. 18, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022
Cover [Abstract]
Document Type	10-K/A
Document Annual Report	true
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2022
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--09-30
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	001-37884
Entity Registrant Name	VALVOLINE INC
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	KY
Entity Tax Identification Number	30-0939371
Entity Address, Address Line One	100 Valvoline Way
Entity Address, City or Town	Lexington
Entity Address, State or Province	KY
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	40509
City Area Code	859
Local Phone Number	357-7777
Title of 12(b) Security	Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
Trading Symbol	VVV
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag	true
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Public Float			$ 5.6
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		174,620,302
Amendment Flag	true
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2022
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Entity Central Index Key	0001674910
Documents Incorporated by Reference	Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for its 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Proxy Statement”) are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and
Amendment Description	This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (the “Amendment”) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Valvoline Inc. for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 23, 2022 (the “Original Filing”), is being filed for the sole purpose of including inline XBRL tagging, which was not contained within the Original Filing.The Amendment does not reflect events occurring after the Original Filing and does not modify or update the disclosures contained in the Original Filing, other than to reflect the change described above to comply with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T and to include current certifications pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 in accordance with Rule 12b-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.