Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt (Details 3) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2011	Feb. 02, 2013	Jan. 28, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012 Fixed rate debt	Jan. 28, 2012 Secured borrowings for 2008	Feb. 02, 2013 Commercial paper	Jan. 28, 2012 Commercial paper
Short-term financing
Maximum daily amount outstanding during the period							$ 970,000,000	$ 1,211,000,000
Average daily amount outstanding during the period							120,000,000	244,000,000
Amount outstanding at period-end							970,000,000
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent)							0.16%	0.11%
Payment made to JPMC due to the continuing declines in gross credit card receivables						226,000,000
Secured borrowings repurchased and retired						2,769,000,000
Period of unsecured revolving credit facility	5 years
Revolving credit facility	2,250,000,000
Revolving credit facility outstanding		0	0
Debt, amount issued					1,500,000,000
Debt, fixed interest rate (as a percent)					4.00%
Additional fund obtained pursuant to 2006/2007 Series Variable Funding Certificate				500,000,000
Nonrecourse Debt Collateralized by Credit Card Receivables
Balance at the beginning of the year		1,000,000,000	3,954,000,000
Issued		500,000,000
Accretion			41,000,000
Repaid			(2,995,000,000)
Balance at the end of the year		$ 1,500,000,000	$ 1,000,000,000