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Parent-Only Financial Statements, Parent-Only Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Assets [Abstract]        
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash due from subsidiary banks [1] $ 172,593 $ 201,902 $ 236,052 $ 159,157
Other [2] 81,297 79,233    
Total assets [3] 2,148,631 1,929,845    
Liabilities and equity        
Accrued expenses and other liabilities [2] 68,196 61,145    
Total liabilities [4] 1,965,593 1,748,779    
Total Wells Fargo stockholders’ equity 181,117 179,120    
Total liabilities and equity 2,148,631 1,929,845    
Parent Company [Member]        
Assets [Abstract]        
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash due from subsidiary banks 15,562 20,991 $ 15,856 $ 16,171
Total assets 376,925 379,504    
Liabilities and equity        
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 7,387 8,380    
Long-term debt 153,467 146,851    
Total liabilities 195,808 200,384    
Total Wells Fargo stockholders’ equity 181,117 179,120    
Total liabilities and equity 376,925 379,504    
Parent Company [Member] | Subsidiaries [Member]        
Assets [Abstract]        
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash due from subsidiary banks 15,562 20,991    
Loans to nonbank subsidiaries 183,044 185,269    
Investments in subsidiaries 166,809 162,913    
Other 11,510 10,331    
Liabilities and equity        
Indebtedness to nonbank subsidiaries 34,954 45,153    
Parent Company [Member] | Indirect Bank Subsidiaries [Member]        
Assets [Abstract]        
Investments in subsidiaries $ 177,100 $ 169,600    
[1] Includes Cash and due from banks and Interest-earning deposits with banks on our consolidated balance sheet and excludes time deposits, which are included in Interest-earning deposits with banks
[2] In fourth quarter 2025, we changed the presentation of certain items on our consolidated balance sheet, including trading assets and liabilities and short-term borrowings. Prior period balances have been revised to conform with the current period presentation. For additional information, see Note 1 (Summary of Significant Accounting Policies).
[3] Our consolidated assets at December 31, 2025 and 2024, include the following assets of certain variable interest entities (VIEs) that can only be used to settle the liabilities of those VIEs: Trading assets, $2.3 billion and $472 million; Loans, $11.3 billion and $11.2 billion; All other assets, $224 million and $199 million; and Total assets, $13.8 billion and $11.9 billion, respectively.
[4] Our consolidated liabilities at December 31, 2025 and 2024, include the following VIE liabilities for which the VIE creditors do not have recourse to Wells Fargo: Long-term debt, $3.8 billion and $2.2 billion; Accrued expenses and other liabilities, $206 million and $124 million; and Total liabilities $4.0 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively.