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Consolidated Balance Sheet (Parenthetical) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Assets [Abstract]    
Trading assets [1] $ 227,935 $ 168,595
Available-for sale, at amortized cost, net of allowance for credit losses, including portfolio level basis adjustments 215,775 170,607
Available-for-sale debt securities 213,573 162,978
Held-to-maturity, at fair value 175,797 193,779
Total loans 986,167 912,745
Assets [2] 2,148,631 1,929,845
Liabilities    
Long-term debt 174,712 173,078
Accrued expenses and other liabilities [1] 68,196 61,145
Liabilities [3] $ 1,965,593 $ 1,748,779
Variable interest entity, liability, recourse status [Extensible Enumeration] Nonrecourse [Member] Nonrecourse [Member]
Wells Fargo stockholders’ equity:    
Preferred stock, aggregate liquidation preference $ 17,376 $ 19,376
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) $ 1.6666 $ 1.6666
Common stock, shares authorized 9,000,000,000 9,000,000,000
Common stock, shares issued 5,481,811,474 5,481,811,474
Treasury stock, shares 2,389,192,624 2,192,867,645
Not held for trading [Member]    
Assets [Abstract]    
Equity securities $ 2,008 $ 3,052
Fair value, recurring [Member]    
Assets [Abstract]    
Trading assets 227,935 168,595
Other assets, carried at fair value 6,996 8,404
Liabilities    
Interest-bearing deposits, carried at fair value 0 318
Accrued expenses and other liabilities, carried at fair value 357 318
Long-term debt, carried at fair value 7,082 3,495
Fair value, recurring [Member] | Not held for trading [Member]    
Assets [Abstract]    
Equity securities 2,008 3,052
Pledged to counterparties that had the right to sell or repledge [Member]    
Assets [Abstract]    
Trading assets 145,519 95,916
Available-for-sale debt securities 563 3,078
Total loans 1,161 461
Assets 147,243 99,455
Carrying value [Member]    
Assets [Abstract]    
Held-to-maturity, at fair value 208,023 234,948
Liabilities    
Long-term debt, carried at fair value 167,618 169,567
VIEs that we consolidate [Member] | Carrying value [Member]    
Assets [Abstract]    
Trading assets 2,271 472
Total loans 11,282 11,185
All other assets, VIE 224 199
Assets 13,800 11,900
Liabilities    
Long-term debt 3,775 2,240
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 206 124
Liabilities $ 4,000 $ 2,400
[1] 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).
[2] 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.
[3] 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.