| **DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Summary of (Losses) Gains from Discontinued Operations) (Details) - Clorox Venezuela [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions** | 3 Months Ended | 39 Months Ended |
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| **Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]**                  |           |            |   |
| Minimum percentage of products required to be sold at frozen price                                                                                 |           |            | 66.67% |
| Net sales                                                                                                                                          | $ 0            | $ 0             |   |

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Minimum of Percentage of Products Required to be Sold at Frozen Price
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Amount of revenue attributable to disposal group, including, but not limited to, discontinued operation.
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.
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