Line |
Label |
Object Class (Data type) |
Period Type |
Balance |
Report Element Name |
1 |
Condensed Financial Statements [Table] |
Table |
|
|
us-gaap:ScheduleOfCondensedFinancialStatementsTable |
2 |
Legal Entity [Axis] |
Axis |
|
|
dei:LegalEntityAxis |
3 |
Entity [Domain] |
Member |
|
|
dei:EntityDomain |
4 |
Parent Company [Member] |
Member |
|
|
us-gaap:ParentCompanyMember |
5 |
Subsidiary Type [Axis] |
Axis |
|
|
wfc:SubsidiaryTypeAxis |
6 |
Subsidiary Type [Domain] |
Member |
|
|
wfc:SubsidiaryTypeDomain |
7 |
Bank Subsidiaries [Member] |
Member |
|
|
wfc:BankSubsidiariesMember |
8 |
Nonbank Subsidiaries [Member] |
Member |
|
|
wfc:NonbankSubsidiariesMember |
9 |
Parent-Only Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items] |
LineItems |
|
|
us-gaap:CondensedFinancialStatementsCaptionsLineItems |
10 |
Parent-Only Statement of Income [Abstract] |
Abstract |
|
|
wfc:ParentOnlyStatementOfIncomeAbstract |
11 |
Income [Abstract] |
Abstract |
|
|
wfc:IncomeAbstract |
12 |
Dividends from subsidiaries |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Credit |
wfc:DividendsFromSubsidiaries |
13 |
Interest income from subsidiaries |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Credit |
wfc:InterestIncomeFromSubsidiaries |
14 |
Other interest income |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Credit |
wfc:InterestAndFeeIncomeOther |
15 |
Other income |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Credit |
us-gaap:NoninterestIncomeOther |
16 |
Total income |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Credit |
us-gaap:Revenues |
17 |
Expense [Abstract] |
Abstract |
|
|
wfc:ExpenseAbstract |
18 |
Interest expense: |
Abstract |
|
|
us-gaap:InterestExpenseAbstract |
19 |
Indebtedness to nonbank subsidiaries |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Debit |
wfc:InterestExpenseIndebtednessToSubsidiaries |
20 |
Short-term borrowings |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Debit |
us-gaap:InterestExpenseShortTermBorrowings |
21 |
Long-term debt |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Debit |
us-gaap:InterestExpenseLongTermDebt |
22 |
Other interest expense |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Debit |
us-gaap:InterestExpenseOther |
23 |
Noninterest expense |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Debit |
us-gaap:NoninterestExpense |
24 |
Total expense |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Debit |
us-gaap:OperatingExpenses |
25 |
Income before income tax benefit and equity in undistributed income of subsidiaries |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Credit |
us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |
26 |
Income tax benefit |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Debit |
us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |
27 |
Equity in undistributed income of subsidiaries |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Credit |
wfc:EquityInUndistributedIncomeOfSubsidiaries |
28 |
Net income |
Concept (Monetary) |
For Period |
Credit |
us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss |