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Acquisitions - HPES Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Apr. 01, 2017	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 2,017	$ 7,606	$ 7,619
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Shares issued for each share of CSC common stock (in shares)	1
Equity interest issued (in shares)	141,298,797
Percentage ownership of CSC stockholders following the Merger	49.90%
Goodwill	$ 7,392
GBS
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		2,017	4,599	4,531
GBS \| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill			2,800
GIS
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 0	3,007	$ 3,088
GIS \| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill			2,600
USPS \| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill			$ 2,000
Minimum \| Customer relationships \| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful lives (years)	10 years
Minimum \| Third-party purchased software \| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful lives (years)	2 years
Maximum \| Customer relationships \| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful lives (years)	13 years
Maximum \| Third-party purchased software \| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Useful lives (years)	7 years