Segment Information (Revenues By Product Grouping) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue		$ 732,901	$ 732,476	$ 2,200,741	$ 2,172,033
Digital Workspace [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	[1]	512,838	508,706	1,562,508	1,467,087
Networking revenues [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	[2]	188,191	195,421	537,628	611,386
Professional Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	[3]	$ 31,872	$ 28,349	$ 100,605	$ 93,560

[1] Digital Workspace revenues are primarily comprised of sales from the Company’s application virtualization solutions, which include Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, the Company's unified endpoint management solutions, which include Citrix Endpoint Management, related license updates and maintenance and support, Citrix Content Collaboration and cloud offerings.

[2] Networking revenues primarily include Citrix ADC and Citrix SD-WAN, related license updates and maintenance and support and cloud offerings.

[3] Professional services revenues are primarily comprised of revenues from consulting services and product training and certification services.