How do I Turn Off HDMI Audio

Hi, I love my Mac Mini, I really do. But this little problem is driving me batty!
Speaker 1
I have my Mini plugged into an HDMI monitor, and as you probably know, HDMI monitors have a speaker built in (or at least mine does).
Speaker 2
I also of course have my internal Mac Mini speakers.
Speaker 3
I sometimes connect my bluetooth headphones, especially when watching a film or gaming.
The problem occurs when I either disconnect my headphones, or the system comes out of standby. When this happens, it defaults to the HDMI output, which is not only rubbish, but not easily controlable. I can't use the volume keys on my keyboard, and must resort to clucky buttons on the monitor.
What I want, very simply, is to disable the HDMI output on the Mac, so if I'm not using my headphones, it defaults to the internal speakers.
Is this possible, and if so, how?

Thanks for the info BDAqua, didn't think to look there.
But alas, it didn't work. There aren't any settings to remove a device. You can flag a device to play sound and/or alerts, but it isn't sticky. When I activate and then turn off my headset, it defaults to the HDMI output even though I just set it to internal speakers.
There also isn't a way to set the priority for which one to be selected first.
Den, I do that already, but am hoping to find a way to configure it permanently. I shouldn't have to select it every single freaking time. Apple is smarter than this, it should just know.
There also isn't a way to disable or configure the speakers on my monitor.
I've also looked at system settings, and the actual audio devices. No settings there to do what I want it to either.

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