Before: Save g:ale_enabled Save g:ale_set_signs Save g:ale_set_quickfix Save g:ale_set_loclist Save g:ale_set_highlights Save g:ale_echo_cursor let g:ale_enabled = 0 let g:ale_set_signs = 0 let g:ale_set_quickfix = 0 let g:ale_set_loclist = 0 let g:ale_set_highlights = 0 let g:ale_echo_cursor = 0 function EmptyString() abort return '' endfunction call ale#engine#InitBufferInfo(bufnr('')) call ale#linter#Define('testft', { \ 'name': 'lsplinter', \ 'lsp': 'tsserver', \ 'executable_callback': 'EmptyString', \ 'command_callback': 'EmptyString', \ 'project_root_callback': 'EmptyString', \ 'language_callback': 'EmptyString', \}) call ale#linter#Define('testft', { \ 'name': 'otherlinter', \ 'callback': 'TestCallback', \ 'executable': has('win32') ? 'cmd': 'true', \ 'command': 'true', \ 'read_buffer': 0, \}) After: Restore unlet! b:ale_save_event_fired delfunction EmptyString call ale#linter#Reset() Given testft(Some file with an imaginary filetype): Execute(ALEStopAllLSPs should clear the loclist): let g:ale_buffer_info[bufnr('')].loclist = [ \ { \ 'text': 'a', \ 'lnum': 10, \ 'col': 0, \ 'bufnr': bufnr(''), \ 'vcol': 0, \ 'type': 'E', \ 'nr': -1, \ 'linter_name': 'lsplinter', \ }, \ { \ 'text': 'a', \ 'lnum': 10, \ 'col': 0, \ 'bufnr': bufnr(''), \ 'vcol': 0, \ 'type': 'E', \ 'nr': -1, \ 'linter_name': 'otherlinter', \ }, \] let g:ale_buffer_info[bufnr('')].active_linter_list = ['lsplinter', 'otherlinter'] ALEStopAllLSPs " The loclist should be updated. AssertEqual g:ale_buffer_info[bufnr('')].loclist, [ \ { \ 'text': 'a', \ 'lnum': 10, \ 'col': 0, \ 'bufnr': bufnr(''), \ 'vcol': 0, \ 'type': 'E', \ 'nr': -1, \ 'linter_name': 'otherlinter', \ }, \] " The LSP linter should be removed from the active linter list. AssertEqual g:ale_buffer_info[bufnr('')].active_linter_list, ['otherlinter']