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BNY Mellon Technology Growth Fund
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Supplement to Prospectus [Text Block]	rr_SupplementToProspectusTextBlock	May 1, 2020 BNY MELLON ADVANTAGE FUNDS, INC. BNY Mellon Technology Growth Fund *Supplement to Current Summary Prospectus and Prospectus*
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block]	rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock	The following information supplements the information contained in "Principal Investment Strategy" and "Principal Risks" in the summary prospectus and "Fund Summary—Principal Investment Strategy" and "Principal Risks" in the prospectus: The fund also may invest in U.S. dollar-denominated American Depository Receipts (ADRs). *** ADR risk. ADRs may be subject to certain of the risks associated with direct investments in the securities of foreign companies, such as currency risk, political and economic risk and market risk, because their values depend on the performance of the non-dollar denominated underlying foreign securities. Certain countries may limit the ability to convert ADRs into the underlying foreign securities and vice versa, which may cause the securities of the foreign company to trade at a discount or premium to the market price of the related ADR.
Risk Narrative [Text Block]	rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock	The following information supplements the information contained in "Principal Investment Strategy" and "Principal Risks" in the summary prospectus and "Fund Summary—Principal Investment Strategy" and "Principal Risks" in the prospectus: The fund also may invest in U.S. dollar-denominated American Depository Receipts (ADRs). *** ADR risk. ADRs may be subject to certain of the risks associated with direct investments in the securities of foreign companies, such as currency risk, political and economic risk and market risk, because their values depend on the performance of the non-dollar denominated underlying foreign securities. Certain countries may limit the ability to convert ADRs into the underlying foreign securities and vice versa, which may cause the securities of the foreign company to trade at a discount or premium to the market price of the related ADR.

Narrative Risk Disclosure. A Fund may, in responding to this Item, describe the types of investors for whom the Fund is intended or the types of investment goals that may be consistent with an investment in the Fund.

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Risk/Return Summary Investment Objectives/Goals Include the following information, in plain English under rule 421(d) under the Securities Act, in the order and subject matter indicated

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Principal investment strategies of the Fund. Summarize how the Fund intends to achieve its investment objectives by identifying the Fund's principal investment strategies (including the type or types of securities in which the Fund invests or will invest principally) and any policy to concentrate in securities of issuers in a particular industry or group of industries.

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