Here’s a USB-A male to USB-C female passive adapter, I used this one a lot after my laptop’s only USB-C port died of mechanical causes, but I still needed to use USB-C devices on the regular.

The USB-A acts as a male USB-C to female USB-A 3.1 adapter ... having USB-C or USB-A ports at other times instead. If a port breaks, you no longer have to replace and fix the mainboard ...