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Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName PIMCO ETF TRUST
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Oct. 31, 2024
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund  
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Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading <span style="color:#00687D;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Investment Objective</span>
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock The Fund seeks maximum current income, consistent with preservation of capital and daily liquidity.
Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading <span style="color:#00687D;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Fees and Expenses of the Fund</span>
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell 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 table and example below.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0.0pt;">Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment):</span>
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment):</span>
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:8pt;">October 31, 2025</span>
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading <span style="color:#00687D;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Portfolio Turnover</span>
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock The Fund pays transaction costs 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 higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example tables, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund had not yet commenced operations as of the most recent fiscal year end. Thus, no portfolio turnover rate is provided for the Fund.
Other Expenses, New Fund, Based on Estimates [Text] rr_OtherExpensesNewFundBasedOnEstimates <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:8pt;">“Other Expenses” reflect estimated organizational expenses for the Fund’s first fiscal year.</span>
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Example.</span>
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock The Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other exchange-traded funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated, and then hold or sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading <span style="color:#00687D;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Investment Strategies</span>
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances at least 65% of its total assets in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities of varying maturities. The Fund may only invest in U.S. dollar denominated securities that mature within 18 months from the date of purchase or floating rate U.S. government agency securities that mature within two years from the date of purchase. The average portfolio duration of this Fund will vary based on PIMCO’s market forecasts and will normally not exceed 90 days. Duration is a measure used to determine the sensitivity of a security’s price to changes in interest rates. The longer a security’s duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates.The Fund primarily invests in U.S. dollar-denominated investment grade debt securities, rated A or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), or equivalently rated by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), or, if unrated, determined by PIMCO to be of comparable quality. In the event that ratings services assign different ratings to the same security, PIMCO will use the highest rating as the credit rating for that security.The Fund may purchase and sell securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment basis. The Fund may, without limitation, seek to obtain market exposure to the securities in which it primarily invests by entering into a series of purchase and sale contracts or by using other investment techniques (such as buy backs or dollar rolls).
Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading <span style="color:#00687D;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Risks</span>
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading <span style="color:#00687D;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Performance Information</span>
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock The Fund does not have a full calendar year of performance. Thus, no bar chart or Average Annual Total Returns table is included for the Fund. Performance for the Fund will be updated daily and quarterly and may be obtained as follows: daily and quarterly updates on the net asset value and performance page at https://www.pimco.com/en-us/investments/etf.
Performance One Year or Less [Text] rr_PerformanceOneYearOrLess <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;">The Fund does not have a full calendar year of performance. Thus, no bar chart or Average Annual Total Returns table is included for the Fund. </span>
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;">https://www.pimco.com/en-us/investments/etf</span>
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Risk Lose Money [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock It is possible to lose money on an investment in the Fund.
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Member]  
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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.
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund | New Fund Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock New Fund Risk:  the risk that a new fund’s performance may not represent how the fund is expected to or may perform in the long term. In addition, new funds have limited operating histories for investors to evaluate and new funds may not attract sufficient assets to achieve investment and trading efficiencies
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Small Fund Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock Small Fund Risk:  the risk that a smaller fund may not achieve investment or trading efficiencies. Additionally, a smaller fund may be more adversely affected by large purchases or redemptions of fund shares
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Market Trading Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock Market Trading Risk:  the risk that an active secondary trading market for Fund shares does not continue once developed, that the Fund may not continue to meet a listing exchange’s trading or listing requirements, that trading in Fund shares may be halted or become less liquid or that Fund shares trade at prices other than the Fund’s net asset value, and are subject to trading costs, which may be exacerbated if the creation/redemption process becomes less effective, particularly during times of market stress
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Interest Rate Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock Interest Rate Risk:  the risk that fixed income securities will fluctuate in value because of a change in interest rates; a fund with a longer average portfolio duration will be more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a fund with a shorter average portfolio duration
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Call Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock Call Risk:  the risk that an issuer may exercise its right to redeem a fixed income security earlier than expected (a call). Issuers may call outstanding securities prior to their maturity for a number of reasons (e.g., declining interest rates, changes in credit spreads and improvements in the issuer’s credit quality). If an issuer calls a security that the Fund has invested in, the Fund may not recoup the full amount of its initial investment or may not realize the full anticipated earnings from the investment and may be forced to reinvest in lower-yielding securities, securities with greater credit risks or securities with other, less favorable features
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Credit Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock Credit Risk:  the risk that the Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income security, or the counterparty to a derivative contract, or the issuer or guarantor of collateral, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Market Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock Market Risk:  the risk that the value of securities owned by the Fund may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Issuer Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock Issuer Risk:  the risk that the value of a security may decline for a reason directly related to the issuer, such as management performance, changes in financial condition or credit rating, financial leverage, reputation or reduced demand for the issuer’s goods or services
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Liquidity Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock Liquidity Risk:  the risk that a particular investment may be difficult to purchase or sell and that the Fund may be unable to sell illiquid investments at an advantageous time or price or achieve its desired level of exposure to a certain sector. Liquidity risk may result from the lack of an active market, reduced number and capacity of traditional market participants to make a market in fixed income securities, and may be magnified in a rising interest rate environment or other circumstances where investor redemptions from fixed income funds may be higher than normal, causing increased supply in the market due to selling activity
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Leveraging Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock Leveraging Risk:  the risk that certain transactions of the Fund, such as reverse repurchase agreements, loans of portfolio securities, and the use of when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment transactions may give rise to leverage, magnifying gains and losses and causing the Fund to be more volatile than if it had not been leveraged. This means that leverage entails a heightened risk of loss
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Management Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock Management Risk:  the risk that the investment techniques and risk analyses applied by PIMCO will not produce the desired results and that actual or potential conflicts of interest, legislative, regulatory, or tax restrictions, policies or developments may affect the investment techniques available to PIMCO and the individual portfolio managers in connection with managing the Fund and may cause PIMCO to restrict or prohibit participation in certain investments. There is no guarantee that the investment objective of the Fund will be achieved
PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund | PIMCO Prime Limited Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund  
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment): rr_ShareholderFeeOther
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.20% [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.45%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.20%) [2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.25%
1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 26
3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 $ 124
[1] “Other Expenses” reflect estimated organizational expenses for the Fund’s first fiscal year.
[2] Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO”) has contractually agreed, through October 31, 2025, to waive a portion of the Fund’s management fees, or reimburse the Fund, to the extent that the Fund’s organizational expenses, pro rata share of expenses related to obtaining or maintaining a Legal Entity Identifier and pro rata share of Trustee fees exceed 0.0049% (the “Expense Limit”) (calculated as a percentage of average daily net assets). This Expense Limitation Agreement will automatically renew for one-year terms unless PIMCO provides written notice to PIMCO ETF Trust at least 30 days prior to the end of the then current term. In any month in which the investment management agreement is in effect, PIMCO is entitled to reimbursement by the Fund of any portion of the management fee waived or reimbursed as set forth above (the “Reimbursement Amount”) within thirty-six months of the time of the waiver, provided that such amount paid to PIMCO will not: 1) together with any organizational expenses, pro rata share of expenses related to obtaining or maintaining a Legal Entity Identifier and pro rata Trustee fees, exceed, for such month, the Expense Limit (or the amount of the expense limit in place at the time the amount being recouped was originally waived if lower than the Expense Limit); 2) exceed the total Reimbursement Amount; or 3) include any amounts previously reimbursed to PIMCO.