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   How do I change or switch off this annoying beep emacs plays for
   nearly everything?

You do it by reading the lovely Emacs manual.

>>From (emacs)Display Vars

   If the variable `visible-bell' is non-`nil', Emacs attempts to make
the whole screen blink when it would normally make an audible bell
sound.  This variable has no effect if your terminal does not have a way
to make the screen blink.