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	Jul. 14, 2021	Apr. 01, 2021	Oct. 01, 2020	Jul. 27, 2020	Mar. 31, 2023	Apr. 02, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Apr. 01, 2022	Nov. 04, 2019
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration from sale of properties					$ 0			$ 0
Assets held for sale reclassified to property and equipment							$ 26,000,000
Impairment of assets to be disposed of					23,000,000
Other impairments					0
Mountain View Buildings
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Assets held for sale reclassified to property and equipment							$ 26,000,000
Dublin Buildings
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Assets held for sale reclassified to property and equipment					$ 23,000,000
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Enterprise Security
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration from sale of properties									$ 10,700,000,000
Agreements, aggregate amount			$ 200,000,000
License period			5 years 7 months 6 days
Dedicated direct costs, net of charges, for transition services agreement						$ 9,000,000
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Culver City Property
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration from sale of properties				$ 118,000,000
Gain on sale of properties				$ 35,000,000
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Mountain View Buildings
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration from sale of properties	$ 355,000,000	$ 100,000,000
Gain on sale of properties	$ 175,000,000	$ 63,000,000