Stock-based Compensation - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
3 Months Ended | |
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Jul. 31, 2026 |
Jul. 25, 2025 |
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||
| Aggregate grant date fair value | $ 16 | |
| Unrecognized compensation expense | $ 118 | |
| Unrecognized compensation expense period | 1 year 4 months 24 days | |
| RSUs | ||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||
| Aggregate grant date fair value | $ 46 | |
| Medtronic Corporate And Share Employees | ||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||
| Stock compensation expense | $ 3 | |
| Employee | ||
| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | ||
| Stock compensation expense | $ 0 | $ 6 |
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- Definition Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Aggregate Grant Date Fair Value No definition available.
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- Definition 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. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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