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| Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | VANGUARD TRUSTEES’ EQUITY FUND | ||
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Feb. 27, 2024 | ||
| Retail | Vanguard Global Environmental Opportunities Stock Fund | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| Risk/Return [Heading] | rr_RiskReturnHeading | <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;font-weight:bold;">Fund Summary</span> | ||
| Objective [Heading] | rr_ObjectiveHeading | <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Investment Objective</span> | ||
| Objective, Primary [Text Block] | rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock | The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation. | ||
| Expense [Heading] | rr_ExpenseHeading | <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Fees and Expenses</span> | ||
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock | The following tables describe the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell Investor Shares or Admiral Shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below. | ||
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] | rr_ShareholderFeesCaption | <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">Shareholder Fees</span> <br/><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.5pt;margin-left:0%;">(Fees paid directly from your investment)</span> | ||
| Operating Expenses Caption [Text] | rr_OperatingExpensesCaption | <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual Fund Operating Expenses</span> <br/><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.5pt;margin-left:0%;">(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)</span> | ||
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading | <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">Portfolio Turnover</span> | ||
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock | The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in more taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the previous expense examples, reduce the Fund’s performance. During the fiscal period from November 2, 2022 to October 31, 2023, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 35% of the average value of its portfolio. | ||
| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate | 35.00% | ||
| Expense Example [Heading] | rr_ExpenseExampleHeading | <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">Examples</span> | ||
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock | The following examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund’s Investor Shares or Admiral Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. They illustrate the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. These examples assume that the shares provide a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you were to redeem your investment at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: | ||
| Strategy [Heading] | rr_StrategyHeading | <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Investment Strategies</span> | ||
| Risk [Heading] | rr_RiskHeading | <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Risks</span> | ||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | • Stock market risk, which is the chance that stock prices overall will decline. Stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices. The Fund’s investments in foreign stocks can be riskier than U.S. stock investments. Foreign stocks may be more volatile and less liquid than U.S. stocks. The prices of foreign stocks and the prices of U.S. stocks may move in opposite directions.• ESG investing risk, which is the chance that the stocks selected by the advisor based on its ESG criteria generally will underperform the stock market as a whole or that the particular stocks selected by the advisor based on its ESG criteria will, in the aggregate, trail returns of other ESG funds. There are significant differences in interpretations of what it means for a company to meet ESG criteria. The advisor’s assessment of a company may differ from that of other funds advised by the same or a different advisor or of an investor’s assessment of such company. As a result, stocks selected by the advisor may not reflect the beliefs and values of any particular investor. The advisor is dependent on the availability of timely and accurate ESG data being reported by companies to evaluate their ESG criteria. In addition, the advisor may not assess every investment for ESG factors and, when it does, not every ESG factor may be identified or evaluated. The ESG criteria assessed by the advisor may change over time.• Investment style risk, which is the chance that returns from the types of stocks in which the Fund invests will trail returns from the overall stock market. Small-, mid-, and large-cap growth stocks each tend to go through cycles of doing better—or worse—than other segments of the stock market or the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for as long as several years. Historically, small- and mid-cap stocks have been more volatile in price than large-cap stocks. The stock prices of small and mid-size companies tend to experience greater volatility because, among other things, these companies tend to be more sensitive to changing economic conditions.The long-term investment approach of the Fund may cause the Fund to lose money or underperform compared to its benchmark index or other mutual funds over extended periods of time, and the Fund may not perform as expected in the long term. An investment in the Fund may be more suitable for long-term investors who can bear the risk of short- or medium-term fluctuations in the value of the Fund’s portfolio.• Country/regional risk, which is the chance that world events—such as political upheaval, financial troubles, or natural disasters—will adversely affect the value of securities issued by companies in foreign countries or regions. Because the Fund may invest its assets in securities of companies located in any one country or region, the Fund’s performance may be hurt disproportionately by the poor performance of its investments in that area. Country/regional risk is especially high in emerging markets.• China risk and Hong Kong risk, which are the risks that investments in Chinese and Hong Kong issuers may subject the Fund to risks associated with those regions, including among others, more frequent trading suspensions and government intervention, currency exchange rate fluctuations or blockages, less liquidity, significantly higher price volatility and complexity in valuing portfolio holdings, limits on the use of brokers and on foreign ownership, different financial reporting standards, higher dependence on exports and international trade, potential for increased trade tariffs, sanctions, capital controls, embargoes and other trade limitations, custody risks, potential adverse tax consequences, and considerable degrees of social, legal, regulatory, political, and economic uncertainty. The Fund may also gain exposure to certain operating companies in China through legal structures known as variable interest entities (VIEs), which provide exposure to the Chinese company through contractual arrangements instead of equity ownership. Intervention by the Chinese government with respect to VIEs or the inability to enforce the contractual arrangements could significantly affect a VIE’s market value.• China A-shares risk and H-shares risk, which are the risks of purchasing shares of companies located in China. The Fund may not be able to access its desired amount of A-shares. Investing in A-shares through Stock Connect or the qualified foreign investor (“QFI”) program is subject to trading restrictions and suspensions, quota limitations and sudden changes in those limitations, and operational, clearing, and settlement risks. H-shares are subject to the risk that the Hong Kong stock market may behave differently than the mainland Chinese stock market, and there may be little correlation between the performance of these two stock markets.• Emerging markets risk, which is the chance that the stocks of companies located in emerging markets will be substantially more volatile, and substantially less liquid, than the stocks of companies located in more developed foreign markets because, among other factors, emerging markets can have greater custodial and operational risks; less developed legal, tax, regulatory, financial reporting, accounting, and recordkeeping systems; and greater political, social, and economic instability than developed markets.• Asset concentration risk, which is the chance that, because the Fund tends to invest a high percentage of assets in a limited number of holdings, the Fund’s performance may be hurt disproportionately by the poor performance of relatively few stocks.• Sector risk, which is the chance that significant problems will affect a particular sector, or that returns from that sector will trail returns from the overall stock market. Daily fluctuations in specific market sectors are often more extreme or volatile than fluctuations in the overall market. Because a significant portion of the Fund’s assets are invested in the industrials, information technology, and utilities sectors, the Fund’s performance is impacted by the general condition of those sectors.• Currency risk, which is the chance that the value of a foreign investment, measured in U.S. dollars, will decrease because of unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates.• Manager risk, which is the chance that poor security selection will cause the Fund to underperform relevant benchmarks or other funds with a similar investment objective. | ||
| Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] | rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading | <span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual Total Returns</span> | ||
| Performance Narrative [Text Block] | rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock | The following bar chart and table are intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund’s Investor Shares in its first full calendar year. The table shows how the average annual total returns of the Fund compare with those of a relevant market index, which has investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund. MSCI ACWI Index returns are adjusted for withholding taxes.Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on our website at vanguard.com/performance or by calling Vanguard toll-free at 800-662-7447. | ||
| Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] | rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns | <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">The following bar chart and table are intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund’s Investor Shares in its first full calendar year. The table shows how the average annual total returns of the Fund compare with those of a relevant market index, which has investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund.</span> | ||
| Performance Availability Phone [Text] | rr_PerformanceAvailabilityPhone | <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">800-</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">662-7447</span> | ||
| Performance Availability Website Address [Text] | rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress | <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;font-style:italic;">vanguard.com/performance</span> | ||
| Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] | rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture | <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.</span> | ||
| Bar Chart [Heading] | rr_BarChartHeading | <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual Total Returns — Global Environmental Opportunities Stock Fund</span> | ||
| Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] | rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock | During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest and lowest returns for a calendar quarter were: | ||
| Performance Table Heading | rr_PerformanceTableHeading | <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended December 31, 2023</span> | ||
| Retail | Vanguard Global Environmental Opportunities Stock Fund | Risk Nondiversified Status [Member] | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | • Nondiversification risk, which is the chance that the Fund’s performance may be hurt disproportionately by the poor performance of relatively few investments. The Fund is considered nondiversified, which means that it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the instruments of particular issuers as compared with diversified mutual funds. | ||
| Retail | Vanguard Global Environmental Opportunities Stock Fund | Risk Lose Money [Member] | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods of time. | ||
| Retail | Vanguard Global Environmental Opportunities Stock Fund | Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Member] | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. | ||
| Retail | Vanguard Global Environmental Opportunities Stock Fund | Investor Shares | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| Purchase Fee | rr_MaximumCumulativeSalesChargeOverOther | none | ||
| Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases | rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice | none | ||
| Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends | rr_MaximumSalesChargeOnReinvestedDividendsAndDistributionsOverOther | none | ||
| Redemption Fee | rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption | none | ||
| Account Service Fee Per Year (for certain fund account balances below $5,000,000) | rr_MaximumAccountFee | $ 25 | ||
| Management Fees | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.41% | ||
| 12b-1 Distribution Fee | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | none | ||
| Other Expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.36% | ||
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.77% | [1] | |
| 1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | $ 79 | ||
| 3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 246 | ||
| 5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 | 428 | ||
| 10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 | $ 954 | ||
| 2023 | rr_AnnualReturn2023 | 6.01% | ||
| Highest Quarterly Return, Label | rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel | <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;margin-left:0.0pt;">Highest</span> | ||
| Highest Quarterly Return, Date | rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate | Dec. 31, 2023 | ||
| Highest Quarterly Return | rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn | 10.80% | ||
| Lowest Quarterly Return, Label | rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel | <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;margin-left:0.0pt;">Lowest</span> | ||
| Lowest Quarterly Return, Date | rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate | Sep. 30, 2023 | ||
| Lowest Quarterly Return | rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn | (14.29%) | ||
| 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 6.01% | ||
| Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 1.53% | ||
| Inception Date | rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate | Nov. 16, 2022 | ||
| Retail | Vanguard Global Environmental Opportunities Stock Fund | Admiral Shares | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| Purchase Fee | rr_MaximumCumulativeSalesChargeOverOther | none | ||
| Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases | rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice | none | ||
| Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Reinvested Dividends | rr_MaximumSalesChargeOnReinvestedDividendsAndDistributionsOverOther | none | ||
| Redemption Fee | rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption | none | ||
| Account Service Fee Per Year (for certain fund account balances below $5,000,000) | rr_MaximumAccountFee | $ 25 | ||
| Management Fees | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.39% | ||
| 12b-1 Distribution Fee | rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets | none | ||
| Other Expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.23% | ||
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.62% | [1] | |
| 1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | $ 63 | ||
| 3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 199 | ||
| 5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 | 346 | ||
| 10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 | $ 774 | ||
| 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 6.14% | ||
| Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 1.69% | ||
| Inception Date | rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate | Nov. 16, 2022 | ||
| Retail | Vanguard Global Environmental Opportunities Stock Fund | Return After Taxes on Distributions | Investor Shares | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 5.54% | ||
| Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 1.13% | ||
| Retail | Vanguard Global Environmental Opportunities Stock Fund | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | Investor Shares | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 3.74% | ||
| Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 1.08% | ||
| Retail | Vanguard Global Environmental Opportunities Stock Fund | MSCI ACWI Index (reflects no deduction for fees or expenses) | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 22.20% | ||
| Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 17.81% | ||
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