Where does memory actually go when you forget?

Question

Where does memory actually go when you forget?

In: Biology

Answer 1

The neurons that make up the memory become other memories.

A memory can be thought of as a lego house where each block is a neuron. The house(memory) exists because the blocks are put together in a certain way. You “forget” when your brain decides the lego house isn’t useful anymore and disassembles it to make other lego structures.