diff --git a/homeassistant/components/file/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/file/__init__.py
index 7d0b8bf0fc186..15a99542bd5e2 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/file/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/file/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from homeassistant.components.notify import migrate_notify_issue
 from homeassistant.config_entries import SOURCE_IMPORT, ConfigEntry
-from homeassistant.const import CONF_FILE_PATH, CONF_PLATFORM, Platform
+from homeassistant.const import CONF_FILE_PATH, CONF_NAME, CONF_PLATFORM, Platform
 from homeassistant.core import DOMAIN as HOMEASSISTANT_DOMAIN, HomeAssistant
 from homeassistant.exceptions import ConfigEntryNotReady
 from homeassistant.helpers import (
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ async def async_setup_entry(hass: HomeAssistant, entry: ConfigEntry) -> bool:
     await hass.config_entries.async_forward_entry_setups(
         entry, [Platform(entry.data[CONF_PLATFORM])]
     )
-    if entry.data[CONF_PLATFORM] == Platform.NOTIFY:
+    if entry.data[CONF_PLATFORM] == Platform.NOTIFY and CONF_NAME in entry.data:
         # The notify platform is not yet set up as entry, so
         # forward setup config through discovery to ensure setup notify service.
         # This is needed as long as the legacy service is not migrated
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/file/config_flow.py b/homeassistant/components/file/config_flow.py
index 9c6bcb4df003e..45d8360a9cf1c 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/file/config_flow.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/file/config_flow.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 
 FILE_NOTIFY_SCHEMA = vol.Schema(
     {
-        vol.Optional(CONF_NAME, default=DEFAULT_NAME): TEXT_SELECTOR,
         vol.Required(CONF_FILE_PATH): TEXT_SELECTOR,
         vol.Optional(CONF_TIMESTAMP, default=False): BOOLEAN_SELECTOR,
     }
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/file/notify.py b/homeassistant/components/file/notify.py
index 7f5ac7b1f9f0f..b36cca6d10aa5 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/file/notify.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/file/notify.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import homeassistant.helpers.config_validation as cv
 from homeassistant.helpers.entity_platform import AddEntitiesCallback
 from homeassistant.helpers.typing import ConfigType, DiscoveryInfoType
-from homeassistant.util import slugify
 import homeassistant.util.dt as dt_util
 
 from .const import CONF_TIMESTAMP, DOMAIN, FILE_ICON
@@ -107,7 +106,8 @@ async def async_setup_entry(
 ) -> None:
     """Set up notify entity."""
     config: dict[str, Any] = dict(entry.data)
-    async_add_entities([FileNotifyEntity(config)])
+    unique_id = entry.entry_id
+    async_add_entities([FileNotifyEntity(unique_id, config)])
 
 
 class FileNotifyEntity(NotifyEntity):
@@ -116,12 +116,13 @@ class FileNotifyEntity(NotifyEntity):
     _attr_icon = FILE_ICON
     _attr_supported_features = NotifyEntityFeature.TITLE
 
-    def __init__(self, config: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, unique_id: str, config: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         """Initialize the service."""
         self._file_path: str = config[CONF_FILE_PATH]
         self._add_timestamp: bool = config.get(CONF_TIMESTAMP, False)
-        self._attr_name = config[CONF_NAME]
-        self._attr_unique_id = slugify(f"{config[CONF_NAME]}_{config[CONF_FILE_PATH]}")
+        # Only import a name from an imported entity
+        self._attr_name = config.get(CONF_NAME)
+        self._attr_unique_id = unique_id
 
     def send_message(self, message: str, title: str | None = None) -> None:
         """Send a message to a file."""
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/file/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/file/strings.json
index 243695b79cb7b..9d49e6300e95d 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/file/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/file/strings.json
@@ -12,13 +12,11 @@
         "title": "File sensor",
         "description": "Set up a file based sensor",
         "data": {
-          "name": "Name",
           "file_path": "File path",
           "value_template": "Value template",
           "unit_of_measurement": "Unit of measurement"
         },
         "data_description": {
-          "name": "Name of the file based sensor",
           "file_path": "The local file path to retrieve the sensor value from",
           "value_template": "A template to render the the sensors value based on the file content",
           "unit_of_measurement": "Unit of measurement for the sensor"
@@ -29,12 +27,10 @@
         "description": "Set up a service that allows to write notification to a file.",
         "data": {
           "file_path": "[%key:component::file::config::step::sensor::data::file_path%]",
-          "name": "[%key:component::file::config::step::sensor::data::name%]",
           "timestamp": "Timestamp"
         },
         "data_description": {
           "file_path": "A local file path to write the notification to",
-          "name": "Name of the notify service",
           "timestamp": "Add a timestamp to the notification"
         }
       }
diff --git a/tests/components/file/test_config_flow.py b/tests/components/file/test_config_flow.py
index 1378793f9bdb5..9bf9cd1b113fe 100644
--- a/tests/components/file/test_config_flow.py
+++ b/tests/components/file/test_config_flow.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     "platform": "notify",
     "file_path": "some_file",
     "timestamp": True,
-    "name": "File",
 }
 MOCK_CONFIG_SENSOR = {
     "platform": "sensor",