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Parent-Only Financial Statements, Balance Sheet (Details) (USD $)
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Dec. 31, 2010
Dec. 31, 2009
Assets        
Cash and cash equivalents $ 21,860,000,000 $ 19,440,000,000 $ 16,044,000,000 $ 27,080,000,000
Securities available for sale 235,199,000,000 222,613,000,000    
Total assets 1,422,968,000,000 [1] 1,313,867,000,000 [1]    
Liabilities and equity        
Short-term borrowings 57,175,000,000 49,091,000,000 55,401,000,000  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 76,668,000,000 77,665,000,000    
Long-term debt 127,379,000,000 125,354,000,000    
Total liabilities 1,264,057,000,000 [2] 1,172,180,000,000 [2]    
Stockholders' equity 157,554,000,000 140,241,000,000    
Total liabilities and equity 1,422,968,000,000 1,313,867,000,000    
Parent Company [Member]
        
Assets        
Cash and cash equivalents 35,702,000,000 19,342,000,000 30,249,000,000 27,314,000,000
Securities available for sale 7,268,000,000 7,427,000,000    
Other assets 7,880,000,000 7,579,000,000    
Total assets 260,103,000,000 237,669,000,000    
Liabilities and equity        
Short-term borrowings 1,592,000,000 759,000,000    
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 8,332,000,000 7,052,000,000    
Long-term debt 76,233,000,000 77,613,000,000    
Indebtedness to nonbank subsidiaries 16,392,000,000 12,004,000,000    
Total liabilities 102,549,000,000 97,428,000,000    
Stockholders' equity 157,554,000,000 140,241,000,000    
Total liabilities and equity 260,103,000,000 237,669,000,000    
Parent Company [Member] | Bank [Member]
        
Assets        
Loans to subsidiaries 0 3,885,000,000    
Investments in subsidiaries 148,693,000,000 135,155,000,000    
Parent Company [Member] | Nonbank [Member]
        
Assets        
Loans to subsidiaries 41,068,000,000 46,987,000,000    
Investments in subsidiaries 19,492,000,000 17,294,000,000    
Parent Company [Member] | Subsidiary banks [Member]
        
Assets        
Cash and cash equivalents 35,697,000,000 19,312,000,000    
Parent Company [Member] | Nonaffiliates [Member]
        
Assets        
Cash and cash equivalents $ 5,000,000 $ 30,000,000    
[1] Our consolidated assets at December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, include the following assets of certain variable interest entities (VIEs) that can only be used to settle the liabilities of those VIEs: Cash and due from banks, $260 million and $321 million; Trading assets, $114 million and $293 million; Securities available for sale, $2.8 billion and $3.3 billion; Mortgages held for sale, $469 million and $444 million; Net loans, $10.6 billion and $12.0 billion; Other assets, $457 million and $1.9 billion, and Total assets, $14.6 billion and $18.2 billion, respectively.
[2] Our consolidated liabilities at December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, include the following VIE liabilities for which the VIE creditors do not have recourse to Wells Fargo: Short-term borrowings, $0 and $24 million; Accrued expenses and other liabilities, $134 million and $175 million; Long-term debt, $3.5 billion and $4.9 billion; and Total liabilities, $3.6 billion and $5.1 billion, respectively.