Windows 10: "sign in with a local account instead" is missing. How do I get this back?

Hi. Would like to switch from my Microsoft account to my local account, however the option to do so via "sign in with a local account instead" appears to be missing under account settings. Suffice it to say that I've read through all the posts I could find on this with no luck latest I saw was from 2017 - 5 years ago - and not helpful. When i got into setting/accounts/Your Info there's no Account Settings area under which I can switch to my local account. I'm currently logged in as an administrator. Any help is much appreciated.

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"sign in with a local account instead" is missing

Apparently this is a relatively common issue... at least according to the numbers here, https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...0299bb2?page=1 where there are a couple of screenshots including the 'Your info' screen with this missing. There is no resolution there, just the suggestion 'The user account is corrupted'. "Manage my Microsoft Account" takes you (after logging in on line) to

- which might appear to be of interest, but the option to remove a device seems to be for devices you no longer use.

 

"sign in with a local account instead" is missing

On the "your info" tab in Accounts, the "sign in with a local account instead" option is missing. I am running Windows 10 Home, Version 21H2 OS Build 10944.1826.

 

"sign in with a local account instead" is missing

My intention is not to create a new user with administrator rights, but to change back the principal system "Administration" account (User) back to itself, a local login that is using a "Local Account." This used to be possible by using the now missing
option to "sign in with a local account instead". This is clearly a OS bug.