diff --git a/homeassistant/components/persistent_notification/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/persistent_notification/__init__.py
index 81a9bc9de4d..fe8849c7788 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/persistent_notification/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/persistent_notification/__init__.py
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ ATTR_NOTIFICATION_ID: Final = "notification_id"
 ATTR_TITLE: Final = "title"
 ATTR_STATUS: Final = "status"
 
-STATUS_UNREAD = "unread"
-STATUS_READ = "read"
 
 # Remove EVENT_PERSISTENT_NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATED in Home Assistant 2023.9
 EVENT_PERSISTENT_NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATED = "persistent_notifications_updated"
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ class Notification(TypedDict):
     message: str
     notification_id: str
     title: str | None
-    status: str
 
 
 class UpdateType(StrEnum):
@@ -98,7 +95,6 @@ def async_create(
     notifications[notification_id] = {
         ATTR_MESSAGE: message,
         ATTR_NOTIFICATION_ID: notification_id,
-        ATTR_STATUS: STATUS_UNREAD,
         ATTR_TITLE: title,
         ATTR_CREATED_AT: dt_util.utcnow(),
     }
@@ -135,7 +131,6 @@ def async_dismiss(hass: HomeAssistant, notification_id: str) -> None:
 
 async def async_setup(hass: HomeAssistant, config: ConfigType) -> bool:
     """Set up the persistent notification component."""
-    notifications = _async_get_or_create_notifications(hass)
 
     @callback
     def create_service(call: ServiceCall) -> None:
@@ -152,29 +147,6 @@ async def async_setup(hass: HomeAssistant, config: ConfigType) -> bool:
         """Handle the dismiss notification service call."""
         async_dismiss(hass, call.data[ATTR_NOTIFICATION_ID])
 
-    @callback
-    def mark_read_service(call: ServiceCall) -> None:
-        """Handle the mark_read notification service call."""
-        notification_id = call.data.get(ATTR_NOTIFICATION_ID)
-        if notification_id not in notifications:
-            _LOGGER.error(
-                (
-                    "Marking persistent_notification read failed: "
-                    "Notification ID %s not found"
-                ),
-                notification_id,
-            )
-            return
-
-        notification = notifications[notification_id]
-        notification[ATTR_STATUS] = STATUS_READ
-        async_dispatcher_send(
-            hass,
-            SIGNAL_PERSISTENT_NOTIFICATIONS_UPDATED,
-            UpdateType.UPDATED,
-            {notification_id: notification},
-        )
-
     hass.services.async_register(
         DOMAIN,
         "create",
@@ -192,10 +164,6 @@ async def async_setup(hass: HomeAssistant, config: ConfigType) -> bool:
         DOMAIN, "dismiss", dismiss_service, SCHEMA_SERVICE_NOTIFICATION
     )
 
-    hass.services.async_register(
-        DOMAIN, "mark_read", mark_read_service, SCHEMA_SERVICE_NOTIFICATION
-    )
-
     websocket_api.async_register_command(hass, websocket_get_notifications)
     websocket_api.async_register_command(hass, websocket_subscribe_notifications)
 
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/persistent_notification/services.yaml b/homeassistant/components/persistent_notification/services.yaml
index 5695a3c3b82..60dbf5c864a 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/persistent_notification/services.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/components/persistent_notification/services.yaml
@@ -33,15 +33,3 @@ dismiss:
       example: 1234
       selector:
         text:
-
-mark_read:
-  name: Mark read
-  description: Mark a notification read.
-  fields:
-    notification_id:
-      name: Notification ID
-      description: Target ID of the notification, which should be mark read.
-      required: true
-      example: 1234
-      selector:
-        text:
diff --git a/tests/components/persistent_notification/test_init.py b/tests/components/persistent_notification/test_init.py
index 7fd8b00d3e1..3a5e9ef6b74 100644
--- a/tests/components/persistent_notification/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/components/persistent_notification/test_init.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ async def test_create(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     assert len(notifications) == 1
 
     notification = notifications[list(notifications)[0]]
-    assert notification["status"] == pn.STATUS_UNREAD
     assert notification["message"] == "Hello World 2"
     assert notification["title"] == "2 beers"
     assert notification["created_at"] is not None
@@ -66,39 +65,6 @@ async def test_dismiss_notification(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     assert len(notifications) == 0
 
 
-async def test_mark_read(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
-    """Ensure notification is marked as Read."""
-    notifications = pn._async_get_or_create_notifications(hass)
-    assert len(notifications) == 0
-
-    await hass.services.async_call(
-        pn.DOMAIN,
-        "create",
-        {"notification_id": "Beer 2", "message": "test"},
-        blocking=True,
-    )
-
-    assert len(notifications) == 1
-    notification = notifications[list(notifications)[0]]
-    assert notification["status"] == pn.STATUS_UNREAD
-
-    await hass.services.async_call(
-        pn.DOMAIN, "mark_read", {"notification_id": "Beer 2"}, blocking=True
-    )
-
-    assert len(notifications) == 1
-    notification = notifications[list(notifications)[0]]
-    assert notification["status"] == pn.STATUS_READ
-
-    await hass.services.async_call(
-        pn.DOMAIN,
-        "dismiss",
-        {"notification_id": "Beer 2"},
-        blocking=True,
-    )
-    assert len(notifications) == 0
-
-
 async def test_ws_get_notifications(
     hass: HomeAssistant, hass_ws_client: WebSocketGenerator
 ) -> None:
@@ -128,19 +94,8 @@ async def test_ws_get_notifications(
     assert notification["notification_id"] == "Beer 2"
     assert notification["message"] == "test"
     assert notification["title"] is None
-    assert notification["status"] == pn.STATUS_UNREAD
     assert notification["created_at"] is not None
 
-    # Mark Read
-    await hass.services.async_call(
-        pn.DOMAIN, "mark_read", {"notification_id": "Beer 2"}
-    )
-    await client.send_json({"id": 7, "type": "persistent_notification/get"})
-    msg = await client.receive_json()
-    notifications = msg["result"]
-    assert len(notifications) == 1
-    assert notifications[0]["status"] == pn.STATUS_READ
-
     # Dismiss
     pn.async_dismiss(hass, "Beer 2")
     await client.send_json({"id": 8, "type": "persistent_notification/get"})
@@ -186,24 +141,8 @@ async def test_ws_get_subscribe(
     assert notification["notification_id"] == "Beer 2"
     assert notification["message"] == "test"
     assert notification["title"] is None
-    assert notification["status"] == pn.STATUS_UNREAD
     assert notification["created_at"] is not None
 
-    # Mark Read
-    await hass.services.async_call(
-        pn.DOMAIN, "mark_read", {"notification_id": "Beer 2"}
-    )
-    msg = await client.receive_json()
-    assert msg["id"] == 5
-    assert msg["type"] == "event"
-    assert msg["event"]
-    event = msg["event"]
-    assert event["type"] == "updated"
-    notifications = event["notifications"]
-    assert len(notifications) == 1
-    notification = notifications[list(notifications)[0]]
-    assert notification["status"] == pn.STATUS_READ
-
     # Dismiss
     pn.async_dismiss(hass, "Beer 2")
     msg = await client.receive_json()