Label	Element	Value
Risk/Return:	rr_RiskReturnAbstract
Document Type	dei_DocumentType	Other
Document Period End Date	dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate	Sep. 30, 2014
Registrant Name	dei_EntityRegistrantName	FIDELITY DESTINY PORTFOLIOS
Central Index Key	dei_EntityCentralIndexKey	0000035331
Amendment Flag	dei_AmendmentFlag	false
Document Creation Date	dei_DocumentCreationDate	Dec. 04, 2014
Document Effective Date	dei_DocumentEffectiveDate	Dec. 04, 2014
Prospectus Date	rr_ProspectusDate	Nov. 29, 2014