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3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
May 07, 2018
Document and Entity Information    
Entity Registrant Name Exela Technologies, Inc.  
Entity Central Index Key 0001620179  
Amendment Flag true  
Amendment Description This Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A ("Amendment No. 1") of Exela Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") is being filed to amend the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018, which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 10, 2018 (the "Original Filing") to correct a scrivener's error in the presentation of net loss per share in the Original Filing by moving the placement of the decimal from (1.64) to (0.16) for the three months ended March 31, 2018, and from (2.45) to (0.24) for the three months ended March 31, 2017. For the convenience of the reader, this Amendment No. 1 restates in its entirety the remainder of Original Filing, and no other changes have been made to the Form 10-Q.  
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31  
Document Type 10-Q/A  
Document Period End Date Mar. 31, 2018  
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2018  
Document Fiscal Period Focus Q1  
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes  
Entity Filer Category Accelerated Filer  
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   152,379,013