If you have a switch in Home Assistant that you want to treat as a light, go to Settings – Devices and services. Then click on the Helpers tab.
Click Create Helper. Then choose “Change Switch Device Type”. Find your switch in the corresponding field. In my case, it is sw_plug_7. Select your switch.
Now choose the new type. In this case it is /"Light/". Click Submit. Click Finish. Go to the Devices tab and select your switch device. You will now see that there is a switch and a light control available. The switch control is now /"hidden/". Click on the light control and you will see that your switch now responds as a light entity.

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