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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Shares Granted Counted Against Shares Authorized Ratio

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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Amount of cost capitalized for award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of cost to be recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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Equity Compensation - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2024 USD ($) period $ / shares shares	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jan. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Settlement of liability-classified restricted common shares \| $	$ 15	$ 11	$ 3
Fair value assumptions, expected volatility, market capitalization \| $	2,000
Share-based compensation expense \| $	$ 703	660	559
Term of exercise period	6 months
Term of offering period	24 months
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (in shares)	18,000,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of awards granted but unreleased	5,000,000
Granted (in shares)	3,000,000
Share based compensation expense, restricted stock units \| $	$ 580	$ 510	$ 425
Total compensation cost related to non-vested awards not yet recognized \| $	$ 742
Total compensation cost related to non-vested awards not yet recognized, weighted average period of recognition	1 year 9 months 21 days
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Maximum
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Performance Stock Units (PSUs)
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of awards granted but unreleased	5,371,000	4,848,000
Granted (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 200.53	$ 198.89	$ 288.13
Fair value of units vested in period \| $	$ 580	$ 490	$ 620
Granted (in shares)	3,687,000
Performance Stock Unit
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Number of awards granted but unreleased	478,000
Granted (in shares)	311,000
Share based compensation expense, restricted stock units \| $	$ 42	54	68
Total compensation cost related to non-vested awards not yet recognized \| $	$ 6
Total compensation cost related to non-vested awards not yet recognized, weighted average period of recognition	11 months 1 day
Performance Stock Unit \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Awards vesting percentage (in percentage)	33.33%
Performance Stock Unit \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Awards vesting percentage (in percentage)	33.33%
Performance Stock Unit \| Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Tranche Three
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Awards vesting percentage (in percentage)	33.33%
Common Stock
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense \| $	$ 19	32	17
Equity Incentive Plan 2022
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Shares of common stock reserved for issuance (in shares)	23,000,000
Shares granted counted against shares authorized ratio	2.08
Shares available for grant at January 31, 2020 (in shares)	14,000,000
Equity Incentive Plan 2022 \| Restricted Stock Units And Restricted Stock Awards
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Grants in period, net of forfeitures (in shares)	9,000,000
Equity Incentive Plan 2022 \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Minimum
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Vesting period	1 year
Equity Incentive Plan 2022 \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Maximum
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Employee Qualified Stock Purchase Plan 1998 ESP Plan
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Percentage of compensation that eligible employees can use to purchase common stock, maximum	15.00%
Percentage of fair market value eligible employees can purchase common stock, minimum	85.00%
Number of exercise period \| period	4
Term of exercise period	6 months
Term of offering period	24 months
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (in shares)	4,000,000
Employee service share based compensation recognized compensation costs on nonvested restricted shares \| $	$ 63	$ 62	$ 37