| Label | Element | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | PIMCO ETF TRUST | ||
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Oct. 31, 2024 | ||
| PIMCO Ultra Short Government Active Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| Risk/Return [Heading] | rr_RiskReturnHeading | PIMCO Ultra Short Government 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. During the most recent fiscal year,the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio. | ||
| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate | none | ||
| 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 invests 100% of its total assets in (i) cash, (ii) U.S. government securities, such as U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and other obligations issued by, or guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities), and (iii) repurchase agreements that are collateralized fully by such U.S. government securities or cash. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances at least 80% of its assets in U.S. government securities.The dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of this Fund may not exceed 120 days. The Fund may only invest in securities that mature in 6 months or less. The Fund is not a money market fund and does not seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. | ||
| 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 Ultra Short Government Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Risk Lose Money [Member] | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | It is possible to lose money on an investment in the Fund. | ||
| PIMCO Ultra Short Government Active Exchange-Traded 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. | ||
| PIMCO Ultra Short Government Active Exchange-Traded Fund | New Fund Risk [Member] | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| 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 Ultra Short Government Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Market Trading Risk [Member] | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| 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 Ultra Short Government Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Interest Rate Risk [Member] | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| 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 Ultra Short Government Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Call Risk [Member] | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| 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 Ultra Short Government Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Credit Risk [Member] | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| 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 Ultra Short Government Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Market Risk [Member] | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| 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 Ultra Short Government Active Exchange-Traded Fund | Management Risk [Member] | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| 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 Ultra Short Government Active Exchange-Traded Fund | PIMCO Ultra Short Government Active Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||
| Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment): | rr_ShareholderFeeOther | |||
| Management Fees | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.14% | ||
| Other Expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.01% | ||
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.15% | ||
| Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | (0.01%) | [1] | |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 0.14% | ||
| 1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | $ 14 | ||
| 3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 47 | ||
| 5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 | 84 | ||
| 10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 | $ 191 | ||
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