Description and amounts of material items reclassified to accounts payable at the end of the reporting period. This element may be used for the entire disclosure as a single block of text.

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Name:	tgt_AccountsPayableDisclosureTextBlock
Namespace Prefix:	tgt_
Data Type:	nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

Name:	us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrentAbstract
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration