Document and Entity Information - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Nov. 13, 2018
Entity Registrant Name	GORES HOLDINGS III, INC.
Entity Central Index Key	0001720821
Document Type	10-Q
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2018
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2018
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	true
Entity Ex Transition Period	false
Class A Common Stock
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		40,000,000
Class F Common Stock
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		10,000,000